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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 72721 · Berlin, GC · February 17, 1979

Date
February 17, 1979 · 18:05 local
Place
Berlin, GC
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N319PA
Reported as
Boeing 72721
People aboard
5
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 due to hydraulic power loss. Found burned generator feeder wires.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO HYDRAULIC POWER LOSS. FOUND BURNED GENERATOR FEEDER WIRES.