# Incident 19810924082779I: Boeing 727223, New York, NY, September 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1981, 16:25 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N876AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N876AA-2002-05-01) (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
- 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/19810924082779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE WHEN FIRST OFFICER BECAME INCAPACITED DUE TO ACUTE ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL.

## Other reports on N876AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19860901056589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901056589I), Sep 1, 1986: Boeing 727223 (N876AA), Omaha, NE. Center lower compartment overheat light came on. Diverted. Replaced defective 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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