# Incident 19790802029199I: Boeing 727222, Las Vegas, NV, August 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1979, 12:53 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7274U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7274U-2002-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-222 (registry code 1384073, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727222
- People aboard: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 1,500 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/19790802029199I

## Narrative

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

FIRE WARNING LITE AND BELL ON TAKEOFF. STARTER 383222-1-1 FAILED. FOD TO FAN CASE ADJACENT TO STARTER.

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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