29.9546° N, 90.0751° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 22, 1978 · 15:25 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NAL
Aircraft
N61NA
Reported as
Doug DC10/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
107
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.
Flight returned after engine shutdown. Metal was found in the tailpipe.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. METAL WAS FOUND IN THE TAILPIPE.