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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747/ · Gander, CN · July 21, 1979

Date
July 21, 1979 · 21:55 local
Place
Gander, CN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N17117
Reported as
Boeing 747/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9D3A
People aboard
302
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.

Four engine flameout at FL350. Flight engineer inadvertantly shut off fuel supply.

As the FAA filed it

FOUR ENGINE FLAMEOUT AT FL350. FLIGHT ENGINEER INADVERTANTLY SHUT OFF FUEL SUPPLY.