29.9546° N, 90.0751° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 27, 1980 · 16:44 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N707
Reported as
Lkheed 1011*
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.
Za gear unsafe light after takeoff, flight returned. Found defective hydraulic pressure control valve.
As the FAA filed it
ZA GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT RETURNED. FOUND DEFECTIVE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE.