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Incident

FAA incident report · Lkheed 1011/ · San Francisco, CA · November 4, 1979

Date
November 4, 1979 · 21:40 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N31011
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
164
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.

Flaps failed to extend for landing. Right hand flap 90 degree angle gear box was binding. Replaced. P/N13633.

As the FAA filed it

FLAPS FAILED TO EXTEND FOR LANDING. RIGHT HAND FLAP 90 DEGREE ANGLE GEAR BOX WAS BINDING. REPLACED. P/N13633.