# Incident 19800818067579I: Boeing 727, Shreveport, LA, August 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1980, 04:51 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7033U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7033U-1983-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727 (registry code 1384001, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 3
- 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/19800818067579I

## Narrative

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

PLANE RETURNED DUE TO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. PRESSURE SENSOR SWITCH, OUTFLOW VALVE AND DOOR SEALS WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N7033U (1)

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

- [Incident 19800817067519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800817067519I), Aug 17, 1980: Boeing 727 (N7033U), Houston, TX. Aircraft lost pressurization. Outflow valve failed.

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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