19780105001369I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-331 · Las Vegas, NV · January 5, 1978

Date
January 5, 1978 · 15:10 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N768TW
Reported as
Boeing 707331
People aboard
105
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total7,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Flight returned after an engine shut down for oil loss. Replaced engine due to oil leaks.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER AN ENGINE SHUT DOWN FOR OIL LOSS. REPLACED ENGINE DUE TO OIL LEAKS.

Other reports on N768TW · 1

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