# Incident 19801031076919I: Boeing 727232, Dallas, TX, October 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N473DA-1989-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- 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/19801031076919I

## Narrative

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

A STUCK CONTACT IN THE SPEED BRAKE WARNING SWITCH CAUSED MALFUNCTION IN WARNING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N473DA (1)

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

- [Accident 19880831036229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880831036229A), Aug 31, 1988: Boeing 727232 (N473DA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Destroyed, 14 fatal. Crew failed to ascertain flaps set for takeoff and flap warning horn failed, lack of lift caused settling and crash

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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