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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-222 · Las Vegas, NV · August 2, 1979

Date
August 2, 1979 · 12:53 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mccarran International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7274U
Reported as
Boeing 727222
People aboard
107
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total1,500 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.

Fire warning lite and bell on takeoff. Starter 383222-1-1 failed. FOD to fan case adjacent to starter.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE WARNING LITE AND BELL ON TAKEOFF. STARTER 383222-1-1 FAILED. FOD TO FAN CASE ADJACENT TO STARTER.