# Incident 19790519200479I: Boeing 727, Pittsburg, PA, May 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1979, 13:33 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, PA
- Airport: Greater International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852TW-1988-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-31 (registry code 1384010, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 88
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519200479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST HYDRAULIC POWER DUE TO LOSS OF FLUID FROM CRACKED LINE.

## Other reports on N852TW (4)

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

- [Accident 19880827071829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880827071829A), Aug 27, 1988: Boeing 72731 (N852TW), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Unable gear at airport. Landed gear up at alternate. Disconnected gear selector rod. Crew damaged manual gear.
- [Incident 19860807071819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860807071819I), Aug 7, 1986: Boeing 72731 (N852TW), St Louis, MO. Engine shutdown after thrust reverser deploy light came on. Returned. Found a contained turbine failure.
- [Incident 19851222068689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851222068689I), Dec 22, 1985: Boeing 72731 (N852TW), Kansas City, MO. Lost a system hydraulics after retracting flaps. Alternate procedure for gear extension. Flap drive motor leaking.
- [Incident 19800311035689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800311035689I), Mar 11, 1980: Boeing 72731 (N852TW), Chicago, IL. NR1 engine throttled back due to fire warning light. Pneumatic system failure.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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