29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 6, 1991 · 15:18 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N766US
Reported as
Boeing 727222
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
40
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Asmetry on inboard flaps on climb. Unable to correct. Returned. Lubricated flaps and operation normal.
As the FAA filed it
ASMETRY ON INBOARD FLAPS ON CLIMB. UNABLE TO CORRECT. RETURNED. LUBRICATED FLAPS AND OPERATION NORMAL.