# Incident 19780812037909I: Lkheed 1011/, Las Vegas, NV, August 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1978, 12:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31008, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31008-2000-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (registry code 5265010, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-l-1011-385-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 1011/
- 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/19780812037909I

## Narrative

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

LEADING EDGE FLAPS DID NOT RETRACT IN CLIMB. ASYMMETRY COMPARATOR MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N31008 (3)

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

- [Incident 19861226079639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861226079639I), Dec 26, 1986: Lkheed 10113851 (N31008), St Louis, MO. Trailing edge flaps not in position called for on approach. Acrid odor in cockpit. Replaced flap drive unit.
- [Incident 19810809053239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810809053239I), Aug 9, 1981: Lkheed 1011* (N31008), Chicago, IL. At 200 ft GPWS signaled for pull up. Found sas computer failed. Also changed radio altimeter.
- [Incident 19790708020289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708020289I), Jul 8, 1979: Lkheed 1011* (N31008), Pittsburgh, PA. Series of compressor stalls on rejected takeoff roll. Turbine section failed.

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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