19781026028479I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · San Francisco, CA · October 26, 1978

Date
October 26, 1978 · 08:03 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N12307
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9
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 shut down due to vibration after bird strike on takeoff. Flight returned.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION AFTER BIRD STRIKE ON TAKEOFF. FLIGHT RETURNED.