19781217025579I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737/ · Pittsburgh, PA · December 17, 1978

Date
December 17, 1978 · 12:17 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N9018U
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
24
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.

Flight landed with hydraulic failure. Number two pump failed. Lost a system fluid.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT LANDED WITH HYDRAULIC FAILURE. NUMBER TWO PUMP FAILED. LOST A SYSTEM FLUID.

Other reports on N9018U · 1

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