19791208047989I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · New Orleans, LA · December 8, 1979

Date
December 8, 1979 · 10:43 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Moisant International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
BNF
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N442
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
88
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.

Loss of power and oil presure drop preceded engine shutdown. Bearing failed , resultant turbine damage.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF POWER AND OIL PRESURE DROP PRECEDED ENGINE SHUTDOWN. BEARING FAILED , RESULTANT TURBINE DAMAGE.