# Incident 19790816031699I: Boeing 727235, Las Vegas, NV, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 23:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N4735, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4735-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-235 (registry code 138408B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727235
- People aboard: 352
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 748 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/19790816031699I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZK ZT SMOKE FROM COFFEE MAKERS IN GALLEY. FOUND SHORT IN COFFEE MAKER.

## Other reports on N4735 (2)

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

- [Incident 19820731040559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820731040559I), Jul 31, 1982: Boeing 727235 (N4735), Houston, TX. Pilot returned to Houston because of pressurization problems. Found a blown duct at the APU amplifier.
- [Incident 19800517052519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800517052519I), May 17, 1980: Boeing 727235 (N4735), Houston, TX. Aircraft lost hydraulic pressure and quantity. Hydraulic pump had failed.

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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