# Incident 19820405024369I: Boeing 72723, Dallas Ft Worth, TX, April 5, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1982, 17:30 local time
- Place: Dallas Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1978, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1978-2012-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,910 total, 7,200 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820405024369I

## Narrative

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

LOST OVER 8000 POUNDS OF FUEL ON DESCENT AND TAXI TO GATE. NR 2 FUEL CONTROL UNIT COVER PLATE PN376876 LEAKED.

## Other reports on N1978 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890729042149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890729042149I), Jul 29, 1989: Boeing 72723 (N1978), Rochester, NY. A system hydraulic failure on descent. Manually extended gear. Landed without incident. .
- [Incident 19800117015159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800117015159I), Jan 17, 1980: Boeing 72723 (N1978), Syracuse, NY. Number 7 leading edge slat did not retract after takeoff. Slat and actuator replaced.

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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