# Incident 19810711056709I: Boeing 72730, Houston, TX, July 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1981, 12:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N18477, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18477-1994-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-30 (registry code 1384008, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72730
- People aboard: 28
- 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/19810711056709I

## Narrative

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

FLAPS INDICATED SPLIT CONDITION. CHANGED INDICATOR CHECKED OK.

## Other reports on N18477 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780911016859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780911016859I), Sep 11, 1978: Boeing 72730 (N18477), Tulsa, OK. Flight returned after loss of hydraulic fluid. Replaced ruptured line.

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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