# Incident 19791208047989I: Boeing 727, New Orleans, LA, December 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1979, 10:43 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Moisant International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BNF
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 88
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791208047989I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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