# Incident 19790622017399I: Boeing 727251, Detroit, MI, June 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1979, 18:10 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251US-1995-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-251 (registry code 138408H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-251) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727251
- People aboard: 113
- 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/19790622017399I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE, RETURNED. FOUND THE FORWARD GALLEY DOOR PARTIALLY OPEN.

## Other reports on N251US (2)

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

- [Incident 19930623030349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930623030349I), Jun 23, 1993: Boeing 727251 (N251US), Fargo, ND. Pilot misjudged his distance on a taxi turn around. Right main gear left hard surface area onto soft shoulder.
- [Incident 19920807046089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920807046089I), Aug 7, 1992: Boeing 727251 (N251US), Milwaukee, WI. Pilot over ran departure end of runway. Became stuck in mud.

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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