# Incident 19881127067259I: Boeing 737247, Edwards, CA, November 27, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1988, 20:16 local time
- Place: Edwards, CA
- Airport: Edwards Afb
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 34.9081° N, 117.8855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARDS AFB (EDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9081&lon=-117.8855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N377DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N377DL-2005-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-247 (registry code 138448D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881127067259I

## Narrative

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

DECLARED EMERGENCY. DESTINATION FOGGED IN. SLAT PROBLEM,LANDED EDWARDS AFB.NO SLAT DEFECT BUT DID HAVE FUEL PROBLEM

## Other reports on N377DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19990918028259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918028259I), Sep 18, 1999: Boeing 737247 (N377DL), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On Saturday, September 18, 1999 at 1647 EDT, a Boeing 737, N377DL, flight 1022, operated by delta airlines, during approach to Syracuse Hancock…

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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