37.7750° N, 122.4194° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 18, 1978 · 10:50 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N8416
Reported as
Boeing 707323C
People aboard
98
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,500 total12,000 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.
Restricted control wheel movement in flight. Restriction disappeared after flaps were lowered on approach.
As the FAA filed it
RESTRICTED CONTROL WHEEL MOVEMENT IN FLIGHT. RESTRICTION DISAPPEARED AFTER FLAPS WERE LOWERED ON APPROACH.