# Incident 19810111005239I: Boeing 727223, Albuquerque, NM, January 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1981, 17:08 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N894AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N894AA-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-200 (registry code 138407E, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 55
- 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/19810111005239I

## Narrative

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

AILERON FLUTTER IN FLIGHT.  BUSHINGS AND NUTS WERE NEVER INSTALLED ON AILERON TAB INBOARD AND OUTBOARD BELL CRANKS

## Other reports on N894AA (2)

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

- [Incident 20041022027199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041022027199I), Oct 22, 2004: Boeing 727200 (N894AA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) N894AA a 727-200 aircraft operated by the us marshall service (public use) was in the process of having a tire changed on the LH main gear. After the…
- [Incident 19870911068339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870911068339I), Sep 11, 1987: Boeing 727200 (N894AA), Memphis, TN. Right air mixture valve stuck at cruise. Explosive decompression. Uncontrollable cabin altitude. Pack 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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