# Incident 19880508040859I: Boeing 72729, Louisville, KY, May 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1988, 20:20 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Standiford Field
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1988, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1988-1998-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72729
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,060 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880508040859I

## Narrative

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

MADE NON STANDARD UNUSUAL APPROACH TO AIRPORT BUT APPROACH WAS WITHIN CONTROL PARAMETERS. NO CONFLICT.

## Other reports on N1988 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780429014779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429014779I), Apr 29, 1978: Boeing 72723 (N1988), Boston, MA. Pilot reported landing to be made with stabilizer problem. Jammed in down position.

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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