19790113001839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 72725 · Miami, FL · January 13, 1979

Date
January 13, 1979 · 20:15 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8166G
Reported as
Boeing 72725
People aboard
48
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.

During takeoff roll plane struck an aft cargo door sliding fairing which had separated from another aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL PLANE STRUCK AN AFT CARGO DOOR SLIDING FAIRING WHICH HAD SEPARATED FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.