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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Texarkana, TX · November 2, 1979

Date
November 2, 1979 · 09:25 local
Place
Texarkana, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
NR253
Reported as
Boeing 727
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,750 total6,000 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.

Captain of flight 207 refused to comply with ARTCC instructions, regarding descent for sequencing.

As the FAA filed it

CAPTAIN OF FLIGHT 207 REFUSED TO COMPLY WITH ARTCC INSTRUCTIONS, REGARDING DESCENT FOR SEQUENCING.