42.3314° N, 83.0458° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 26, 1979 · 16:25 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N6842
Reported as
Boeing 7272A7
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
132
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.
Cockpit and cabin filled with smoke. Found nr 1 engine front labyrinth seal leaking oil into bleed air.
As the FAA filed it
COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE. FOUND NR 1 ENGINE FRONT LABYRINTH SEAL LEAKING OIL INTO BLEED AIR.