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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737/ · Baltimore, MD · November 12, 1979

Date
November 12, 1979 · 08:04 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAI
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N746
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
68
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.

Both engines ingested seagulls during takeoff, causing some engine stalling. Landed safely, replaced engines.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH ENGINES INGESTED SEAGULLS DURING TAKEOFF, CAUSING SOME ENGINE STALLING. LANDED SAFELY, REPLACED ENGINES.