# Incident 19810531043159I: Boeing 72776, Houston, TX, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 10:56 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N18480, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18480-1996-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-76 (registry code 1384016, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72776
- People aboard: 26
- 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/19810531043159I

## Narrative

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

ZK PRESSURE LITE FOR "A" HYDRAULIC SYSTEM CAME ON. FOUND LINE CRACKED AT NUMBER 2 ENGINE FIREWALL. REPLACED LINE.

## Other reports on N18480 (4)

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

- [Incident 19900505022449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900505022449I), May 5, 1990: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Greensboro, NC. Lavatory motor overheated setting off smoke alarm. Used halon bottles. Pulled breaker.
- [Incident 19860423027909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860423027909I), Apr 23, 1986: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Lightning strike to the right horizontal stabilizer while loading passengers at gate. Damage to control panel.
- [Incident 19851219068649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851219068649I), Dec 19, 1985: Boeing 72776 (N18480), Kansas City, MO. Unable to control cabin pressure in either manual or auto mode. Replaced cargo door seal and outflow valve.
- [Incident 19781031027959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781031027959I), Oct 31, 1978: Boeing 727 (N18480), New Orleans, LA. Seven elderly french passengers caused a disturbance over food. Captain made unscheduled landing. Put them off.

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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