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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747-121 · San Francisco, CA · July 25, 1978

Date
July 25, 1978 · 20:46 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
N737PA
Reported as
Boeing 747121
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
345
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
29,890 total5,027 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.

Engine failure after takeoff. At max gross. Made right turn, against tower instruction. Was down to 100 ft.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF. AT MAX GROSS. MADE RIGHT TURN, AGAINST TOWER INSTRUCTION. WAS DOWN TO 100 FT.

Other reports on N737PA · 4

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