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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707123B · Phoenix, AZ · February 8, 1979

Date
February 8, 1979 · 03:08 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7518A
Reported as
Boeing 707123B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT3D7
People aboard
3
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.

Aborted takeoff due to engine vibration. Found substantial internal damage.

As the FAA filed it

ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO ENGINE VIBRATION. FOUND SUBSTANTIAL INTERNAL DAMAGE.