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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Windsor Locks, CT · September 11, 1979

Date
September 11, 1979 · 09:59 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N829AA
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
59
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.

Pilot shut down #1 engine during approach, due to fire warning indication (false). Found fire loop chaffed

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT DOWN #1 ENGINE DURING APPROACH, DUE TO FIRE WARNING INDICATION (FALSE). FOUND FIRE LOOP CHAFFED