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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Houston, TX · September 5, 1980

Date
September 5, 1980 · 22:00 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4630
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
80
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.

Engine flamed out due to fuel pump failure. Pilot dumped fuel and returned.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FLAMED OUT DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILURE. PILOT DUMPED FUEL AND RETURNED.