40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 20, 1979 · 19:36 local
Place
Pittsburg, PA
Airport
Greater
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N8069U
Reported as
Doug DC8/
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.
Hydraulic pressure to zero when gear raised. Nose gear uplock pressure line failed.
As the FAA filed it
HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO ZERO WHEN GEAR RAISED. NOSE GEAR UPLOCK PRESSURE LINE FAILED.