# Incident 19790421024699I: Boeing 727123, St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, April 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Alexander Hamilto
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- Location: 17.7397° N, 64.7388° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Croix, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.7397&lon=-64.7388&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1965, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1965-1994-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-123 (registry code 138404G, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727123
- 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/19790421024699I

## Narrative

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

FLAP TRACK ROLLER BEARING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT, FELL THROUGH ROOF OF A RESIDENCE. PN65 41332 1.

## Other reports on N1965 (1)

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

- [Accident 19850623075809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850623075809A), Jun 23, 1985: Boeing 727100 (N1965), South Haven, MI. Evasive manuever on descent to avoid a light twin aircraft. Attendants and passenger injured. Twin not on ATC scope

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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