# Incident 19810120007179I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, January 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1981, 11:09 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- 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: N8161G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 47
- 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/19810120007179I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR SECOND TIME WHEN FIRE BELL SOUNDED IN CLIMB. NO LIGHT IN COCKPIT. REPLACED FIRE WARN UNIT.

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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