19791019053069I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-23 · Houston, TX · October 19, 1979

Date
October 19, 1979 · 20:51 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N1997
Reported as
Boeing 72723
People aboard
106
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 shutdown due to internal failure.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE.