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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-10-40 · Portland, OR · September 10, 1978

Date
September 10, 1978 · 11:24 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWA
Aircraft
N160US
Reported as
Doug DC1040
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D20
People aboard
58
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.

Engine ingested birds on takeoff. Flight returned. Required engine change.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE INGESTED BIRDS ON TAKEOFF. FLIGHT RETURNED. REQUIRED ENGINE CHANGE.

Other reports on N160US · 4

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