# Incident 19781003031049I: Boeing 737247, Las Vegas, NV, October 3, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1978, 10:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WAL
- 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: N4502W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4502W-1996-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 3,800 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/19781003031049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKE OFF. NO DISCREPENCIES FOUND. STEERING HAD BEEN WORKED ON.

## Other reports on N4502W (5)

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

- [Incident 19890418022749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890418022749I), Apr 18, 1989: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Detroit, MI. Right main landing gear struck a deer which was on the runway. Taxied to gate without further incident.
- [Incident 19880518023239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880518023239I), May 18, 1988: Boeing 737200 (N4502W), Kansas City, MO. Lost pressurization on climbout. Cabin oxygen masks deployed. Returned. Found a faulty acm air cycle machine.
- [Incident 19851107059269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851107059269I), Nov 7, 1985: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Salt Lake City, UT. Could not use NR1 comm, VOR or DME after takeoff. Returned and replaced frequency selector panel, DME interrogator.
- [Incident 19801202085779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801202085779I), Dec 2, 1980: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Denver, CO. Za flight diverted due to flight control malfunction. Found flap control cable broken.
- [Incident 19800215021159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800215021159I), Feb 15, 1980: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Ontario, CA. Flight diverted to las vegas due to pressurization problems.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.