# Accident 19820709069969A: Boeing 727235, New Orleans, LA, July 9, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1982, 16:09 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4737, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4737-1983-04-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-235 (registry code 138408B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727235
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 142
- Fatal injuries: 150
- Pilot flight hours: 11,727 total, 10,595 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA82AA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820709069969A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED INTO THUNDERSTORM AREA AND WAS OBSERVED  SINKING INTO GROUND IN NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA82AA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA028), Jul 9, 1982: Boeing 727-235 (N4737), New Orleans, LA, destroyed, 153 fatal

## Other reports on N4737 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790325011889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790325011889I), Mar 25, 1979: Boeing 727235 (N4737), Houston, TX. Zk "a" system fluid lost due to split in flap control valve.
- [Incident 19780707042639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780707042639I), Jul 7, 1978: Boeing 727 (N4737), Houston, TX. Takeoff aborted when tower reported smoke from left wing. Turned out to be fuel vapor, surge tank was drained

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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