# Incident 19790213004959I: Boeing 727223, Houston, TX, February 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1979, 09:39 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- 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: N850AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850AA-2000-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 33
- 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/19790213004959I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AFTER DEPARTURE. PILOT LANDED.  CLAMP MISSING FROM WIRE BRAID.  BLOCKED DOOR.

## Other reports on N850AA (2)

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

- [Incident 19870205006609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870205006609I), Feb 5, 1987: Boeing 727223 (N850AA), Memphis, TN. Flaps stuck at 2 degrees on approach. Safe landing. Jack screws and transmission lubricated.
- [Incident 19850306013389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850306013389I), Mar 6, 1985: Boeing 727223 (N850AA), New York, NY, Minor damage. Attempted restart on APU. Flames shot up outside aircraft. Some passenger panic. Improper restart procedure APU.

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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