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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Atlanta, GA · January 24, 1980

Date
January 24, 1980 · 12:15 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Hartsfield
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N490US
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D1
People aboard
36
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.

Takeoff aborted due to fire in turbine section of number one engine. Fire department assisted. No evacuation.

As the FAA filed it

TAKEOFF ABORTED DUE TO FIRE IN TURBINE SECTION OF NUMBER ONE ENGINE. FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED. NO EVACUATION.