40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 11, 1980 · 19:20 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N7049U
Reported as
Boeing 727
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
103
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.
On descent throttle would not retard properly. Engine shutdown. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
ON DESCENT THROTTLE WOULD NOT RETARD PROPERLY. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. LANDED SAFELY.