# Incident 19780708043179I: Boeing 727, Shreveport, LA, July 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1978, 08:08 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N468DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N468DA-2000-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 44
- 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/19780708043179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED WITH STAT WARNING LIGHT, LANDING UNEVENTFUL. OPERATION NORMAL AFTER LUBRICATION.

## Other reports on N468DA (3)

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

- [Incident 19971129044189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971129044189I), Nov 29, 1997: Boeing 727200 (N468DA), Washington, DC. Narrative: while enroute atl to iad, a passenger opened overhead baggage compartment. The flight attendant's demo oxygen kit fell from compartment striking…
- [Incident 19910128005009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910128005009I), Jan 28, 1991: Boeing 727277 (N468DA), Fairbanks, AK. Outflow valve would not close on climbout. Returned. Maintenance cleaned the valve and operation checked normal.
- [Incident 19801015077759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801015077759I), Oct 15, 1980: Boeing 727232 (N468DA), Jamaica, NY, Minor damage. Truck overturned by jet blast. Driver assumed the jet had parked, captain gave another burst of power.

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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