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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707323B · Newark, NJ · June 23, 1978

Date
June 23, 1978 · 10:45 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8406
Reported as
Boeing 707323B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT3D3B
People aboard
88
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total200 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.

Ag zk flight returned to airport after internal engine failure. Damaged combustion liner and turbine.

As the FAA filed it

AG ZK FLIGHT RETURNED TO AIRPORT AFTER INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. DAMAGED COMBUSTION LINER AND TURBINE.