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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-321B · Pittsburgh, PA · June 17, 1979

Date
June 17, 1979
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
N419PA
Reported as
Boeing 707321B
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.

After level off at FL230 cabin climbed rapidly to 18000 feet, then down again. Problem could not be duplicated.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LEVEL OFF AT FL230 CABIN CLIMBED RAPIDLY TO 18000 FEET, THEN DOWN AGAIN. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.