41.9390° N, 72.6843° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 11, 1978 · 19:15 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N440DA
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
38
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.
Pilot could not retract flaps after takeoff, returned. No problems found, aircraft returned to service.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT COULD NOT RETRACT FLAPS AFTER TAKEOFF, RETURNED. NO PROBLEMS FOUND, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.