# Incident 19791019053069I: Boeing 72723, Houston, TX, October 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1979, 20:51 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1997, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1997-1996-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- People aboard: 106
- 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/19791019053069I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE.

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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