# Incident 19781215025319I: Boeing 727, Buffalo, NY, December 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1978, 14:55 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7403U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 50
- 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/19781215025319I

## Narrative

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

ON CLIMBOUT, FLIGHT EXPERIENCED CLASS A HYDRAULIC FAILURE. RETURNED TO BUFFALO. LEAKING FLAP ACTUATOR.

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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