19781230020019I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707/ · Chicago, IL · December 30, 1978

Date
December 30, 1978 · 17:03 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N585
Reported as
Boeing 707/
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.

A thrust reverser light came on while taxiing out. Returned to gate. Checked ok. Just had to be reactivated.

As the FAA filed it

A THRUST REVERSER LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TAXIING OUT. RETURNED TO GATE. CHECKED OK. JUST HAD TO BE REACTIVATED.