36.9788° N, 76.4280° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 27, 1980 · 19:33 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Airport
Patrick Henry
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N9063
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
40
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.
Emergency evacuation of arcraft due to bomb threat. One passenger sprained wrist. Evacuation slides deployed.
As the FAA filed it
EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF ARCRAFT DUE TO BOMB THREAT. ONE PASSENGER SPRAINED WRIST. EVACUATION SLIDES DEPLOYED.