# Incident 19790121003199I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, January 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1979, 17:32 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N414DA-2001-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 71
- 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/19790121003199I

## Narrative

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

TRIM POSITION INDICATOR GIVING INCORRECT INFORMATION AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT RETURNED. B AUTOPILOT WAS OK.

## Other reports on N414DA (3)

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

- [Incident 19910122011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910122011889I), Jan 22, 1991: Boeing 727232 (N414DA), Columbia, SC. Pilot aborted takeoff. Did not acknowledge query by ATC. Found engine turbine blades on runway.
- [Incident 19820114000389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820114000389I), Jan 14, 1982: Boeing 727 (N414DA), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Za engine shutdown returned to Philadelphia. Aircraft belly cargo door was open. Annunicator panel bulbs burned out
- [Incident 19810219011399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810219011399I), Feb 19, 1981: Boeing 727200 (N414DA), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. During post flight inspection the #2 engine blow out door was noted missing. Maintenance found a hole in fan case.

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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