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Incident

FAA incident report · Lkheed 1011/ · Boston, MA · November 13, 1979

Date
November 13, 1979 · 21:33 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N336EA
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
176
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.

Pilot shut down #3 engine due to oil loss, landed. Found oil leak at step aside gear box, #3 engine.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHUT DOWN #3 ENGINE DUE TO OIL LOSS, LANDED. FOUND OIL LEAK AT STEP ASIDE GEAR BOX, #3 ENGINE.