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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-25 · Houston, TX · March 2, 1979

Date
March 2, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8141N
Reported as
Boeing 72725
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
38
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.

Lost hydraulic system a due to blown flap actuator seal. Also found damage to compressor fan blades.

As the FAA filed it

LOST HYDRAULIC SYSTEM A DUE TO BLOWN FLAP ACTUATOR SEAL. ALSO FOUND DAMAGE TO COMPRESSOR FAN BLADES.

Other reports on N8141N · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.