# Incident 19790409010419I: Boeing 72731, Washington, DC, April 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: National
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N844TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N844TW-2004-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72731
- People aboard: 2
- 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/19790409010419I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ATTENDAN HIT ON THE HEAD WHEN AGENT CLOSED MAIN CABIN DOOR. ATTENDANT WAS BENDING DOWN TO STOW THE MIKE

## Other reports on N844TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19861226079869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861226079869I), Dec 26, 1986: Boeing 72731 (N844TW), St Louis, MO. Intermittant electrical smoke from under glare shield. Unable to determine cause.

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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