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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Windsor Locks, CT · September 15, 1979

Date
September 15, 1979 · 00:28 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N728U
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
69
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.

Engine shut down due to fire warning light. Turbine had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FIRE WARNING LIGHT. TURBINE HAD FAILED.