40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 26, 1979 · 17:10 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N29814
Reported as
Aerosp 262ANORD
People aboard
21
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.
Returned after takeoff due to intermittent heading flags on flight directors. Static inverter supply replaced.
As the FAA filed it
RETURNED AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO INTERMITTENT HEADING FLAGS ON FLIGHT DIRECTORS. STATIC INVERTER SUPPLY REPLACED.