43.6332° N, 70.1853° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, ME, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 30, 1980 · 09:15 local
Place
Portland, ME
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1288
Reported as
Boeing 7372A6
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total3,000 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.
Pilot experienced control problem on climbout. Integrated flight system air data computor faulty. Replaced same.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT EXPERIENCED CONTROL PROBLEM ON CLIMBOUT. INTEGRATED FLIGHT SYSTEM AIR DATA COMPUTOR FAULTY. REPLACED SAME.