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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 72722 · Seattle, WA · July 31, 1980

Date
July 31, 1980 · 10:20 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ASAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N70276
Reported as
Boeing 72722
People aboard
27
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.

Normal but firm touchdown, brakes seemed to be locked but had not been applied. Three main tires blown

As the FAA filed it

NORMAL BUT FIRM TOUCHDOWN, BRAKES SEEMED TO BE LOCKED BUT HAD NOT BEEN APPLIED. THREE MAIN TIRES BLOWN