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Incident

FAA incident report · Lkheed 1011/ · San Antonio, TX · October 18, 1979

Date
October 18, 1979 · 22:41 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N305EA
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
170
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 diverted due to oil loss. Found problem to be leaking drain plug.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO OIL LOSS. FOUND PROBLEM TO BE LEAKING DRAIN PLUG.