# Incident 19790807029589I: Boeing 737293, Santa Ana, CA, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 08:40 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ACL
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N461GB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N461GB-1996-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-293 (registry code 138448Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-293) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737293
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7A
- People aboard: 122
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,252 total, 2,652 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/19790807029589I

## Narrative

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

ZE ZG ZK LOUD BANG FROM #2 ENGINE FOLLOWED BY FIRE WARNING ON REJECTED TAKEOFF ROLL. ENGINE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N461GB (2)

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

- [Incident 19881110061529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881110061529I), Nov 10, 1988: Boeing 737293 (N461GB), Eugene, OR. Severe empenage vibration. Diverted to Eugene. Yaw damper coupler failed causing rudder to vibrate.
- [Incident 19801231090259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801231090259I), Dec 31, 1980: Boeing 737293 (N461GB), Santa Monica, CA. Pilot descended below assigned altitude.

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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