42.3584° N, 71.0598° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1978 · 21:52 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9663
Reported as
Boeing 747123
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D3A
People aboard
108
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Rough running engine after takeoff. Beacon light to identify snowbank. Ingested into engine.
As the FAA filed it
ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AFTER TAKEOFF. BEACON LIGHT TO IDENTIFY SNOWBANK. INGESTED INTO ENGINE.