# Incident 19790924050149I: Boeing 727231, Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64321, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64321-1995-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-231 (registry code 1384079, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727231
- 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/19790924050149I

## Narrative

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

18 INCH PIECE OF #1 INBOARD WHEEL RIM FELL WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED, BROKE RESIDENCE ROOF TILE.

## Other reports on N64321 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880808047179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880808047179I), Aug 8, 1988: Boeing 727231 (N64321), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Fire from right side of fuselage on arrival at gate. Passenger initiated evacuation over pilots request to remain.
- [Incident 19840501022499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840501022499I), May 1, 1984: Boeing 727231 (N64321), Indianapolis, IN. Aircraft lurched laterally during climb. Disengaged both yaw dampers. Replaced upper yaw damper coupler.

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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