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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747123 · Jamaica, NY · July 17, 1978

Date
July 17, 1978 · 10:33 local
Place
Jamaica, NY
Airport
J. F. Kennedy
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N9663
Reported as
Boeing 747123
People aboard
382
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.

Overhead storage bin door failed in flight. Contents fell on passenger.

As the FAA filed it

OVERHEAD STORAGE BIN DOOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. CONTENTS FELL ON PASSENGER.