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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707321 · Miami, FL · April 6, 1979

Date
April 6, 1979 · 18:42 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N433MA
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79IA067
Reported as
Boeing 707321
People aboard
195
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,260 total64 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.

Following a heavy jolt during taxi, all engines were shut down. Left main gear truck beam had failed

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWING A HEAVY JOLT DURING TAXI, ALL ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN. LEFT MAIN GEAR TRUCK BEAM HAD FAILED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.