# Incident 19810708044549I: Boeing 727223, San Diego, CA, July 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1981, 17:02 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Lindbergh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6838, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6838-2004-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727223
- People aboard: 103
- 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/19810708044549I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR REAR TRUNION BROKE DURING ROLLOUT. MAIN GEAR UPPER HOUSING CRACKED BY CONTACT BY BEAM.

## Other reports on N6838 (2)

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

- [Incident 19900925054749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900925054749I), Sep 25, 1990: Boeing 727223 (N6838), Minneapolis, MN. Captain became ill while eating. Diverted to Minneapolis. Paramedics met flight.
- [Incident 19820123000459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820123000459I), Jan 23, 1982: Boeing 727223 (N6838), Chicago, IL. Ze aborted takeoff due to a main landing gear strut overheat warning light. Faulty overheat warning loop replaced.

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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