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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747/ · Tokyo, JA · March 23, 1978

Date
March 23, 1978 · 16:55 local
Place
Tokyo, JA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N612US
Reported as
Boeing 747/
People aboard
108
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.

Lightning strike during descent damaged compass flux valve, antena coupler, and main transfer valve actuator.

As the FAA filed it

LIGHTNING STRIKE DURING DESCENT DAMAGED COMPASS FLUX VALVE, ANTENA COUPLER, AND MAIN TRANSFER VALVE ACTUATOR.

Other reports on N612US · 5

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.