# Incident 19790428200619I: Boeing 727, Wichita, KS, April 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1979, 11:40 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Mid Continent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54332, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54332-1999-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 84
- 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/19790428200619I

## Narrative

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

UNIDENTIFIED CALLER REPORTED BOMB ON BOARD. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. TOTAL SEARCH FOUND NO BOMB.

## Other reports on N54332 (2)

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

- [Incident 19871207076069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871207076069I), Dec 7, 1987: Boeing 727231 (N54332), St Louis, MO. Strong vibration felt on NR3 engine. Landed with engine at idle. Engine had internal turbine damage.
- [Incident 19820106006049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820106006049I), Jan 6, 1982: Boeing 727231 (N54332), Phoenix, AZ. Zo taxiing to takeoff, passenger spoke to others of bombs and exploding aircraft. Returned to gate. No bomb found.

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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