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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Indianapolis, IN · February 9, 1979

Date
February 9, 1979 · 15:09 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N891TW
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
96
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 returned after shutting down engine. Found turbine damage.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE. FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE.