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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · Houston, TX · February 8, 1981

Date
February 8, 1981 · 14:57 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
PA747
Reported as
Boeing 747*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
229
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.

In cruise at flight level 370 the number one engine quit, unable to find cause after landing.

As the FAA filed it

IN CRUISE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 370 THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE QUIT, UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE AFTER LANDING.