36.1750° N, 115.1372° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 3, 1978 · 21:23 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WAL
Aircraft
N45117
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
107
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Passenger complained of rib injury after landing with tray table down.
As the FAA filed it
PASSENGER COMPLAINED OF RIB INJURY AFTER LANDING WITH TRAY TABLE DOWN.