29.3014° N, 94.7978° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 13, 1980 · 18:42 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Airport
Scholes
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NCAL
Reported as
Bac 111*
People aboard
94
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.
Za zg engine shut down due to vibration, flight turned back and landed.
As the FAA filed it
ZA ZG ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION, FLIGHT TURNED BACK AND LANDED.