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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707/ · San Juan, Puerto Rico · August 9, 1978

Date
August 9, 1978 · 22:30 local
Place
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N8431
Reported as
Boeing 707/
People aboard
143
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
24,000 total0 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.

Gear failed to retact on takeoff. Found faulty priority valve.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR FAILED TO RETACT ON TAKEOFF. FOUND FAULTY PRIORITY VALVE.