# Incident 19800214021229I: Boeing 707331B, San Francisco, CA, February 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: Into
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18704, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18704-1984-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 707-331B (registry code 138366H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-331b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707331B
- 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/19800214021229I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE COWLING SEPARATED FROM NR 3 ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. MAINTENANCE HAD OPENED AT SFO AND HAD NOT TIGHTENED DOWN.

## Other reports on N18704 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790403012529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790403012529I), Apr 3, 1979: Boeing 707331B (N18704), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Pilot struck a parked service truck with a wing tip during taxi.

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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