# Incident 19811030080619I: Boeing 737291, Denver, CO, October 30, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1981, 12:47 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FALA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7389F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 6,350 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811030080619I

## Narrative

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

ATC ADVISED MODERATE TURBULENCE ON DESCENT, ALSO TO MAINTAIN SPEED. ENCOUNTERED SEVER TURBULENCE. INJURED ATTENDANT

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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