42.3584° N, 71.0598° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 23, 1978 · 00:15 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N758DA
Reported as
Boeing 707123B
People aboard
51
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.
Airplane returned with hydraulic failure. Landed safely. A reducer fitting in the line failed completely.
As the FAA filed it
AIRPLANE RETURNED WITH HYDRAULIC FAILURE. LANDED SAFELY. A REDUCER FITTING IN THE LINE FAILED COMPLETELY.