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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-331B · Chicago, IL · August 14, 1979

Date
August 14, 1979 · 21:20 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N18710
Reported as
Boeing 707331B
People aboard
78
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.

Aborted takeoff when leading edge flap light went out. Light placarded inop.

As the FAA filed it

ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN LEADING EDGE FLAP LIGHT WENT OUT. LIGHT PLACARDED INOP.

Other reports on N18710 · 1

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