# Incident 19790617022189I: Boeing 707321B, Pittsburgh, PA, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAA
- 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: N419PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N419PA-1980-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-321B (registry code 138366B, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-321b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707321B
- 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/19790617022189I

## Narrative

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

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

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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