# Incident 19810818069999I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, August 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1981, 11:25 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- 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: N32725, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32725-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-224 (registry code 1384076, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (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 727
- 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/19810818069999I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL VIBRATION. FOUND NOSE WHEEL OUT OF ROUND. REPLACED.

## Other reports on N32725 (1)

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

- [Incident 19791031056269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791031056269I), Oct 31, 1979: Boeing 727 (N32725), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Minor damage to aircraft from tire blown in landing. Antiskid turned off due to flickering release light.

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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