43.0389° N, 87.9065° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Milwaukee, WI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 26, 1979 · 11:40 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
Mitchell
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWA
Aircraft
N493US
Reported as
Boeing 72751C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7A
People aboard
97
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.
Flight returned after fire warning. Found broken bleed air duct.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER FIRE WARNING. FOUND BROKEN BLEED AIR DUCT.