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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Boston, MA · June 16, 1978

Date
June 16, 1978 · 18:07 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N455DA
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
117
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.

Pilot returned to gate with an engine thrust reverser light illuminated at half power.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RETURNED TO GATE WITH AN ENGINE THRUST REVERSER LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT HALF POWER.