# Incident 19820122070379I: Boeing 727225, Houston, TX, January 22, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1982, 17:23 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- 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: N8839E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8839E-1994-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 69
- 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/19820122070379I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND OUTFLOW VALVE STUCK OPEN.

## Other reports on N8839E (1)

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

- [Incident 19811026083359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811026083359I), Oct 26, 1981: Boeing 727225 (N8839E), Greensboro, NC. Aircraft veered 6 feet off left side of runway for about 200 feet. Airline refused to allow crew interview by FAA.

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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