# Incident 19801202085779I: Boeing 737247, Denver, CO, December 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4502W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4502W-1996-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- 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/19801202085779I

## Narrative

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

ZA FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO FLIGHT CONTROL MALFUNCTION.  FOUND FLAP CONTROL CABLE BROKEN.

## Other reports on N4502W (5)

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

- [Incident 19890418022749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890418022749I), Apr 18, 1989: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Detroit, MI. Right main landing gear struck a deer which was on the runway. Taxied to gate without further incident.
- [Incident 19880518023239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880518023239I), May 18, 1988: Boeing 737200 (N4502W), Kansas City, MO. Lost pressurization on climbout. Cabin oxygen masks deployed. Returned. Found a faulty acm air cycle machine.
- [Incident 19851107059269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851107059269I), Nov 7, 1985: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Salt Lake City, UT. Could not use NR1 comm, VOR or DME after takeoff. Returned and replaced frequency selector panel, DME interrogator.
- [Incident 19800215021159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800215021159I), Feb 15, 1980: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Ontario, CA. Flight diverted to las vegas due to pressurization problems.
- [Incident 19781003031049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781003031049I), Oct 3, 1978: Boeing 737247 (N4502W), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control during take off. No discrepencies found. Steering had been worked on.

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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