# Incident 19780607044939I: Boeing 727, New York, NY, June 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 5,137 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/19780607044939I

## Narrative

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

AFTER 10 MINUTE HOLD, PILOT TRIED ADJACENT AIRPORT, UNABLE TO MAKE IT, REQESTED PRIORITY DUE TO LOW FUEL.

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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