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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72735 · Miami, FL · March 15, 1978

Date
March 15, 1978 · 09:35 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N4612
Reported as
Boeing 72735
People aboard
50
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.

Heavy vibration in climb & cruise until a system was turned off. Cause was defective elevator boost pack.

As the FAA filed it

HEAVY VIBRATION IN CLIMB & CRUISE UNTIL A SYSTEM WAS TURNED OFF. CAUSE WAS DEFECTIVE ELEVATOR BOOST PACK.