# Incident 19800415051059I: Boeing 727224, Albuquerque, NM, April 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1980, 19:47 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88703, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88703-2013-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727224
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 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/19800415051059I

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN REPORTED BEING STRUCK BY A LASER TYPE LIGHT. UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE.

## Other reports on N88703 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880922060339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880922060339I), Sep 22, 1988: Boeing 727224 (N88703), Las Vegas, NV. A system hydraulic quantity flow problem. Landed. Thumb tack between lines had made a hole in a return line.
- [Accident 19880403009869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403009869A), Apr 3, 1988: Boeing 727224 (N88703), Sarasota - Brad, FL. Ground refueler became caught in slat as plane powered up. Captain was told all clear but did not use proper actions

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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