# Incident 19831207069859I: Boeing 737291, Las Vegas, NV, December 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1983, 18:50 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FALA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7359F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7359F-1988-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-291 (registry code 138448W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737291
- People aboard: 41
- 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/19831207069859I

## Narrative

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

CO PILOT BECAME ILL EN ROUTE. DEADHEAD PILOT FILLED IN. POSSIBLE FOOD POISONING. NEW PHYSICAL WILL BE REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N7359F (1)

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

- [Incident 19810217008369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810217008369I), Feb 17, 1981: Boeing 737291 (N7359F), Rapid City, SD. Pilot made precautionary landing due to split flap indication on the instrument panel.

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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