19781006031349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bac 111/ · Pittsburgh, PA · October 6, 1978

Date
October 6, 1978 · 20:24 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N549
Reported as
Bac 111/
People aboard
76
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,275 total2,500 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.

Unable to pressurize, continued flight unpressurized. Electronics bay hatch cover had separated on takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE, CONTINUED FLIGHT UNPRESSURIZED. ELECTRONICS BAY HATCH COVER HAD SEPARATED ON TAKEOFF.