40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 9, 1979 · 09:32 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8154E
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
95
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 "aft body overheat light on". Repositioned sensor, replaced overheat module
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO "AFT BODY OVERHEAT LIGHT ON". REPOSITIONED SENSOR, REPLACED OVERHEAT MODULE