# Incident 19780915018799I: Boeing 727200, San Antonio, TX, September 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1978, 19:35 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAL
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32722, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32722-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-5 (registry code 52046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 91
- 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/19780915018799I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST HYDRAULIC SERVICE ACCESS DOOR IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N32722 (3)

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

- [Incident 19810104011469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104011469I), Jan 4, 1981: Boeing 727 (N32722), Tucson, AZ. Pilot was instructed to fly runway heading for vectors. Did not contact departure control. Used lost comm procedure
- [Incident 19800207030399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800207030399I), Feb 7, 1980: Boeing 727 (N32722), Houston, TX. Hydraulic leak suspected from hydraulic quantity indicator. Found leak at firewall #2 engine. Pn 65-17844-17.
- [Incident 19790811030509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790811030509I), Aug 11, 1979: Boeing 727224 (N32722), Chicago, IL. Aborted takeoff when amber leading edge warning light came on. Defective light circuit.

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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