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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-235 · New Orleans, LA · June 24, 1979

Date
June 24, 1979 · 19:49 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Moissant
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N4751
Reported as
Boeing 727235
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
93
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.

Za #3 engine vibrated then flamed out and was shut down. Found broken compressor blades and N2 gear box failed.

As the FAA filed it

ZA #3 ENGINE VIBRATED THEN FLAMED OUT AND WAS SHUT DOWN. FOUND BROKEN COMPRESSOR BLADES AND N2 GEAR BOX FAILED.

Other reports on N4751 · 1

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