# Incident 19980808026999I: Boeing 727, Las Vegas, NV, August 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1998, 00:12 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 36.0803° N, 115.1524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0803&lon=-115.1524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N831L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N831L-2004-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-2Q8 (registry code 138407W, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-2q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98IA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98IA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980808026999I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0012 HRS. PDT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS AND LEFT AND RIGHT LEADING EDGE SLATS WHEN IT TAXIED THROUGH A FOUR FOOT DRAINAGE DITCH. ADDITIONALLY, FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE WAS FOUND INTERNALLY IN THE NUMBER 3 ENGINE.

## 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 LAX98IA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98IA261), Aug 8, 1998: Boeing 727-2Q8 (N831L), Las Vegas, NV, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The airport personnel's failure to properly mark the ditch hazard and the taxiway boundaries surrounding it, and, the captain's failure to maintain a situational awareness of his location with…

## Other reports on N831L (6)

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

- [Incident 19980421014759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980421014759I), Apr 21, 1998: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Right wing tip struck truck turning in to gate. Pilot swung too wide. Ground crewman failed to note and stop 727.
- [Incident 19941021046879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941021046879I), Oct 21, 1994: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Reno, NV. NR3 engine fire light. Shutdown,returned to Reno, stopped on runway. Unable taxi,brakes heated blew tire plugs.
- [Incident 19920312012379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920312012379I), Mar 12, 1992: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Covington - Cin, OH, Minor damage. NR1 engine failure on climb. Returned to airport. Found NR1 engine turbine had failed.
- [Incident 19870107004249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870107004249I), Jan 7, 1987: Boeing 7272Q8 (N831L), Anchorage, AK. Returned due to odor in cabin. Found sand blasted engine inlets due to reversing on sanded runway.
- [Incident 19820529039209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529039209I), May 29, 1982: Boeing 727247 (N831L), Los Angles, CA, Substantial damage. Taxiing into gate position pilot hit a catering truck parked inside white safety lines. Widened white safety lines.
- [Incident 19800715060999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800715060999I), Jul 15, 1980: Boeing 727247 (N831L), Anchorage, AK. Experienced rapid decompression due to faulty pressure controller.

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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