# Incident 19790807029579I: Boeing 737222, Pittsburgh, PA, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 20:53 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- 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: N9024U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9024U-1999-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 77
- 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/19790807029579I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DIVERTED AFTER LOSING A SYSTEM HYDRAULIC QUANTITY. LINE TO MODULE BROKEN.

## Other reports on N9024U (1)

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

- [Incident 19800318033829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800318033829I), Mar 18, 1980: Boeing 737222 (N9024U), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Flight aborted due to blown tire.

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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