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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707-131B · San Francisco, CA · November 30, 1980

Date
November 30, 1980 · 22:09 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N797TW
Reported as
Boeing 707131B
People aboard
127
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total1,500 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.

Unable to extend nose gear before landing. Passengers evacuated using escape slides.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR BEFORE LANDING. PASSENGERS EVACUATED USING ESCAPE SLIDES.