19781206022719I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-331B · Boston, MA · December 6, 1978

Date
December 6, 1978 · 14:13 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N760TW
Reported as
Boeing 707331B
People aboard
51
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.

Takeoff aborted due to low power on one engine. Found an engine bleed air valve stuck.

As the FAA filed it

TAKEOFF ABORTED DUE TO LOW POWER ON ONE ENGINE. FOUND AN ENGINE BLEED AIR VALVE STUCK.