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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Tampa, FL · March 10, 1978

Date
March 10, 1978 · 09:33 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N4620
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
36
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.

Engine shut down due to oil loss. Cause found to be a cracked oil line.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO OIL LOSS. CAUSE FOUND TO BE A CRACKED OIL LINE.