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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Las Vegas, NV · September 22, 1978

Date
September 22, 1978 · 12:45 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N7005U
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
97
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total950 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.

Fire and smoke coming from air-conditioning vents. Uneventful landing made.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE AND SMOKE COMING FROM AIR-CONDITIONING VENTS. UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE.