# Incident 19790114002269I: Boeing 727, Austin, TX, January 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1979, 08:22 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BNF
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 5
- 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/19790114002269I

## Narrative

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

CREW SAW SMOKE IN COCKPIT, FLIGHT RETURNED TO AUSTIN. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

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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