# Incident 19800823066259I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, August 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1980, 08:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40489, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40489-1996-10-29) (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: 48
- 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/19800823066259I

## Narrative

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

AIR CONDITIONER PACK MALFUNCTIONED DURING CLIMB. FLIGHT RETURNED.

## Other reports on N40489 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850503022549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850503022549I), May 3, 1985: Boeing 72722 (N40489), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Smoke coming from rear toilet. Extinguisher used and smoke dissipated. Found burned flush motor.

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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