# Incident 19790123003489I: Boeing 727232, Cross City, FL, January 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Cross City, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 29.6386° N, 83.1248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cross City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6386&lon=-83.1248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518DA-2013-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 133
- 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/19790123003489I

## Narrative

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

TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS INJURED WHEN FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE.

## Other reports on N518DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19900228008009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900228008009I), Feb 28, 1990: Boeing 727200 (N518DA), Covington - Cin, OH. Lower aft body overheat light illuminated. Returned. Found a broken wire at right isolation valve.

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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