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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 707* · Chicago, IL · September 29, 1979

Date
September 29, 1979 · 10:13 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N8408
Reported as
Boeing 707*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT3D*
People aboard
118
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.

Takeoff aborted due to compressor stall. Cause not known, engine replaced.

As the FAA filed it

TAKEOFF ABORTED DUE TO COMPRESSOR STALL. CAUSE NOT KNOWN, ENGINE REPLACED.