# Incident 19791010051629I: Boeing 747121, Houston, TX, October 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1979, 09:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737PA-1992-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-121 (registry code 1384871, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747121
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 171
- 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/19791010051629I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL. CSD AND GENERATOR HAD BEEN REMOVED, #2 DRAIN LINES NOT CAPPED.

## Other reports on N737PA (4)

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

- [Incident 19791105054899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791105054899I), Nov 5, 1979: Boeing 747121 (N737PA), Gander, CN. Aircraft had temporary flame out of nr 1 engine due to non standard fuel management necessitated by system problem.
- [Incident 19781107023059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781107023059I), Nov 7, 1978: Boeing 747/ (N737PA), Houston, TX. Engine shutdown in climb due to loss of oil quantity. Oil cap had come loose.
- [Incident 19780802047719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780802047719I), Aug 2, 1978: Boeing 747121 (N737PA), Taipei, CH. Engine shutdown after fire warning. Discharged fire bottle. Hydraulic pump pressure line replaced.
- [Incident 19780725039329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780725039329I), Jul 25, 1978: Boeing 747121 (N737PA), San Francisco, CA. Engine failure after takeoff. At max gross. Made right turn, against tower instruction. Was down to 100 ft.

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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