# Incident 19800131020479I: Boeing 72730, Midland, TX, January 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1980, 20:09 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18479, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18479-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-100C (registry code 1384037, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-100c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72730
- People aboard: 90
- 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/19800131020479I

## Narrative

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

RUNWAY ICY AND TAXIWAY BRAKING NIL. WHILE ATTEMPTING 180 DEGREE TURN ON RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT GOT OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N18479 (2)

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

- [Incident 19800407047239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800407047239I), Apr 7, 1980: Boeing 72730 (N18479), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear scissor disconnected on landing roll, allowing nose wheel to turn sideways.
- [Incident 19800315038789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800315038789I), Mar 15, 1980: Boeing 72730 (N18479), Houston, TX. Slow hydraulic leak number one engine. Flight returned to Houston.

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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