# Incident 19781031027959I: Boeing 727, New Orleans, LA, October 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1978, 22:09 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAL
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18480, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18480-1996-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-76 (registry code 1384016, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 58
- 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/19781031027959I

## Narrative

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

SEVEN ELDERLY FRENCH PASSENGERS CAUSED A DISTURBANCE OVER FOOD. CAPTAIN MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING. PUT THEM OFF.

## Other reports on N18480 (4)

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

- [Incident 19900505022449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900505022449I), May 5, 1990: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Greensboro, NC. Lavatory motor overheated setting off smoke alarm. Used halon bottles. Pulled breaker.
- [Incident 19860423027909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860423027909I), Apr 23, 1986: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Lightning strike to the right horizontal stabilizer while loading passengers at gate. Damage to control panel.
- [Incident 19851219068649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851219068649I), Dec 19, 1985: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Kansas City, MO. Unable to control cabin pressure in either manual or auto mode. Replaced cargo door seal and outflow valve.
- [Incident 19810531043159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531043159I), May 31, 1981: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Houston, TX. Zk pressure lite for "a" hydraulic system came on. Found line cracked at number 2 engine firewall. Replaced line.

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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