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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737201 · Washington, DC · September 24, 1980

Date
September 24, 1980 · 14:56 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
National
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N736N
Reported as
Boeing 737201
People aboard
32
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 shutdown due to high fuel flow. Found disintegrated starter which punctured fuel line.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO HIGH FUEL FLOW. FOUND DISINTEGRATED STARTER WHICH PUNCTURED FUEL LINE.