# Incident 19830117015639I: Boeing 72723, Birmingham, AL, January 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1983, 09:00 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1977, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1977-1997-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- People aboard: 94
- 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/19830117015639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME ILL IN FLIGHT. ANOTHER CAPTAIN ON BOARD AS A PASSENGER  REPLACED THE ILL CAPTAIN.

## Other reports on N1977 (2)

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

- [Incident 19901217060419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901217060419I), Dec 17, 1990: Boeing 72723 (N1977), Des Moines, IA. High oil temperature on NR2 engine. Diverted. Found broken electrical lead in oil temperature indicating system.
- [Incident 19840928056159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840928056159I), Sep 28, 1984: Boeing 72723 (N1977), CA. Hydraulic pressure line pn 651784913 between accumulator and filter split causing failure in b system.

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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