31.7587° N, 106.4869° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 1, 1978 · 16:40 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N88480
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
97
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After departure aircraft would not pressurize, returned. The aft cargo door was not closed.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER DEPARTURE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE, RETURNED. THE AFT CARGO DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED.