What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Zr engine caught fire on start.
As the FAA filed it
ZR ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE ON START.
FAA incident report · Boeing 707* · Pittsburgh, PA · February 9, 1979
- Date
- February 9, 1979 · 07:53 local
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport
- International
- Phase of flight
- Starting Engines
- Operating rules
- Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator
- TWA
- Aircraft
- N7762T
- Reported as
- Boeing 707*
- Reported engine
- Pratt & Whitney JT8*
- People aboard
- 49
- 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.