# Incident 19781019030629I: Boeing 707331B, Los Angeles, CA, October 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1978
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18711, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18711-1984-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-331B (registry code 138366H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-331b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707331B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781019030629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MAIN WHEEL OUTER RIM FAILED IN FLIGHT, KNOCKED AWAY PART OF A GEAR DOOR. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N18711 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781124025679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781124025679I), Nov 24, 1978: Boeing 707/ (N18711), Chicago, IL. Tire blew on landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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