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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747122 · Honolulu, HI · May 21, 1978

Date
May 21, 1978 · 09:00 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N4713U
Reported as
Boeing 747122
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D3A
People aboard
362
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.

Three engines in steady non-recoverable stall induced by icing. Descent with less power than mfg recommends.

As the FAA filed it

THREE ENGINES IN STEADY NON-RECOVERABLE STALL INDUCED BY ICING. DESCENT WITH LESS POWER THAN MFG RECOMMENDS.