19791011052329I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-225 · Houston, TX · October 11, 1979

Date
October 11, 1979 · 16:01 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercntinental
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8848E
Reported as
Boeing 727225
People aboard
141
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.

Flight returned due to oil loss. Replaced leaking oil filter bypass switch.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO OIL LOSS. REPLACED LEAKING OIL FILTER BYPASS SWITCH.

Other reports on N8848E · 1

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