# Incident 19790718019269I: Boeing 727, New Orleans, LA, July 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1979, 08:48 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Moisant
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NAL
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5608 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 105
- 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/19790718019269I

## Narrative

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

REPORTED HYDRAULIC PROBLEMS ON DESCENT. HYDRAULIC PUMP CASE HAD SEPARATED.

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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