# Incident 19791129045259I: Boeing 727, El Paso, TX, November 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1979, 12:15 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CAL
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40482, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40482-1996-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22 (registry code 1384002, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (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/19791129045259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTED VIBRATION, LANDED. EXTERNAL POWER RECEPTACLE DOOR WAS OPEN, REASON UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N40482 (3)

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

- [Incident 19830209007909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830209007909I), Feb 9, 1983: Boeing 727 (N40482), Houston, TX. Nose gear retracted and main landing gear did not after takeoff. Found landing gear pins had not been removed.
- [Incident 19800629056789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800629056789I), Jun 29, 1980: Boeing 727 (N40482), Bradford, IL. Pressurization problems at FL 370. Replaced door seal outflow valves and pressurization controllers.
- [Incident 19791121045109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791121045109I), Nov 21, 1979: Boeing 72722 (N40482), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. During flight aft oven exhaust fan had electrical fire. Extinguished with CO2, landed safely.

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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