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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-232 · San Antonio, TX · July 21, 1980

Date
July 21, 1980 · 16:55 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N489DA
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
57
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flight aborted due to fuel seeping from wing. Fuel load was then balanced, seeping stopped.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT ABORTED DUE TO FUEL SEEPING FROM WING. FUEL LOAD WAS THEN BALANCED, SEEPING STOPPED.

Other reports on N489DA · 3

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