# Incident 19780222000749I: Doug DC10/, New Orleans, LA, February 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1978, 15:25 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NAL
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61NA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC10/
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780222000749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. METAL WAS FOUND IN THE TAILPIPE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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