# Incident 19790911035169I: Boeing 727, San Francisco, CA, September 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1979, 09:45 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WAL
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2815W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2815W-2012-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 67
- 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/19790911035169I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORTWHEN OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGEFLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT. CARRIAGES P/N652654511 BADLY BENT.

## Other reports on N2815W (3)

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

- [Incident 19981203039529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981203039529I), Dec 3, 1998: Boeing 727200 (N2815W), Kansas City, MO. (-5) Delta airlines B-727-200 after takeoff from mci, retracted flaps, the left hand outboaard flap needle showed 15 degrees, while flap position was 5…
- [Incident 19961017044789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961017044789I), Oct 17, 1996: Boeing 727247 (N2815W), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: weather VMC for this 121 CFR passenger flight 682 from Houston intercontinenetal airport. Aircraft began takeoff roll and crew reported a loud pop…
- [Incident 19800930071969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930071969I), Sep 30, 1980: Boeing 727247 (N2815W), Salt Lake City, UT. Pressurization problem during flight due to failure of clamp and seal.

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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