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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-225 · Pittsburgh, PA · April 12, 1988

Date
April 12, 1988 · 18:50 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N8844E
Reported as
Boeing 727225
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,547 total1,491 in this make and model

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.

Flight departed Pittsburgh without being fueled. Returned. Aircraft was fueled and then departed again.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DEPARTED PITTSBURGH WITHOUT BEING FUELED. RETURNED. AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED AND THEN DEPARTED AGAIN.