# Incident 19830123006589I: Boeing 767231, San Diego, CA, January 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1983, 20:44 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Lindbergh
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 32.7895° N, 117.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7895&lon=-117.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602TW-2003-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-231 (registry code 1385131, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-231) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767231
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 57
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830123006589I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH LEFT OVER-WING ESCAPE SLIDE FELL FROM AIRCRAFT. RECOVERED BY POLICE. FOUND SLIDE DOORS OPENED.

## 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 LAX83IA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA080), Jan 24, 1983: Boeing 767-231 (N602TW), San Diego, CA, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N602TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19911211059749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911211059749I), Dec 11, 1991: Boeing 767231 (N602TW), St Louis, MO. Right engine oil temperature increasing. Shut down. Returned. Found chaffed wire at oil temperature sensor.

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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