# Incident 19860805072899I: Boeing 727247, Barstow, CA, August 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1986, 18:53 local time
- Place: Barstow, CA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- Location: 34.8986° N, 117.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barstow, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8986&lon=-117.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2804W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 3,300 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860805072899I

## Narrative

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

MALFUNCTIONING TRANSPONDER GAVE INCORRECT ALTIMETER READOUT. NO LOSS OF TRAFFIC SEPARATION OCCURRED.

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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