# Incident 19811119081909I: Boeing 747132, London, UK, November 19, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1981
- Place: London, UK
- Airport: Heathrow
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAAA
- Aircraft: N902PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747132
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7
- People aboard: 178
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811119081909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TOWER REPORTED ENGINE COWLING PARTS ON RUNWAY. RETURNED. LANDED OVERGROSS. COWL FLAP NOT FASTENED. SEPARATED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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