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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-131B · Boston, MA · May 16, 1979

Date
May 16, 1979 · 08:10 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N6723
Reported as
Boeing 707131B
People aboard
103
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.

Nose gear door was disconnected so aircraft returned to gate.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS DISCONNECTED SO AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO GATE.