# Incident 19780425011859I: Boeing 72723, Dallas, TX, April 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1978, 07:18 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1998, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1998-1995-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780425011859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RETURNED FOR LANDING BECAUSE LEADING EDGE FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT

## Other reports on N1998 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910814044179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910814044179I), Aug 14, 1991: Boeing 72723 (N1998), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Aircraft lost portion of tire on departure. Crew unware until advised. Landed safely at destination.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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