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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · El Paso, TX · September 29, 1978

Date
September 29, 1978 · 18:58 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CAL
Aircraft
N18481
Reported as
Boeing 727
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.

Pressurization surged on takeoff. Returned for maintenance.

As the FAA filed it

PRESSURIZATION SURGED ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED FOR MAINTENANCE.