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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707331B · Boston, MA · February 7, 1979

Date
February 7, 1979 · 16:10 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N8733
Reported as
Boeing 707331B
People aboard
155
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.

Landed after noticing smoke in cockpit, found failed radar unit.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED AFTER NOTICING SMOKE IN COCKPIT, FOUND FAILED RADAR UNIT.