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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · Seattle, WA · November 27, 1983

Date
November 27, 1983
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N615US
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
220
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.

No 1 constant speed drive failed on climbout. Engine shutdown. Failure due to improper servicing.

As the FAA filed it

NO 1 CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT. ENGINE SHUTDOWN. FAILURE DUE TO IMPROPER SERVICING.