# Incident 19781108022199I: Boeing 727, San Antonio, TX, November 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1978, 17:40 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BNF
- 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: N410BN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410BN-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 103
- 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/19781108022199I

## Narrative

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

ZG EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON. FOUND RUPTURED PRECOOLER EXHAUST VALVE DUCT.

## Other reports on N410BN (2)

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

- [Incident 19801205085579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801205085579I), Dec 5, 1980: Boeing 727227 (N410BN), New York, NY, Minor damage. Za zg zk zl zt several breakers opened and crew smelled smoke after takeoff. Returned.
- [Incident 19800509053359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800509053359I), May 9, 1980: Boeing 727 (N410BN), San Antonio, TX. Passenger slipped and fell. Flight diverted and passenger taken to hospital.

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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