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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-235 · New Orleans, LA · October 12, 1980

Date
October 12, 1980 · 15:00 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N4734
Reported as
Boeing 727235
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
50
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 shut down in flight due to an overheat light. False indication due to damaged electrical strip.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT DUE TO AN OVERHEAT LIGHT. FALSE INDICATION DUE TO DAMAGED ELECTRICAL STRIP.

Other reports on N4734 · 2

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