# Accident 19880831036229A: Boeing 727232, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, August 31, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1988, 09:01 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N473DA-1989-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727232
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 14
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA88MA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880831036229A

## Narrative

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

CREW FAILED TO ASCERTAIN FLAPS SET FOR TAKEOFF AND FLAP WARNING HORN FAILED, LACK OF LIFT CAUSED SETTLING AND CRASH

## 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 DCA88MA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA072), Aug 31, 1988: Boeing 727-232 (N473DA), Dallas/Ft Worth, TX, destroyed, 14 fatal. Probable cause: (1) THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER'S INADEQUATE COCKPIT DISCIPLINE WHICH RESULTED IN THE FLIGHTCREW'S ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF WITHOUT THE WING FLAPS AND SLATS PROPERLY CONFIGURED; AND (2) THE FAILURE OF…

## Other reports on N473DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19801031076919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801031076919I), Oct 31, 1980: Boeing 727232 (N473DA), Dallas, TX. A stuck contact in the speed brake warning switch caused malfunction in warning 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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