# Incident 19810124010049I: Boeing 7272B7, Houston, TX, January 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1981, 15:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N760AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272B7
- People aboard: 42
- 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/19810124010049I

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN HEARD FLUTTERING SOUND ON TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT RETURNED. NO PROBLEM FOUND. CONTINUED FLIGHT. ONE HOUR DELAY.

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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