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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-231 · St Louis, MO · June 5, 1988

Date
June 5, 1988 · 08:50 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N54333
Reported as
Boeing 727231
People aboard
77
Fatal injuries
0

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.

PIC noticed discrepancies between altimeter systems. Switched to alternate system. Found hole in static port heater

As the FAA filed it

PIC NOTICED DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN ALTIMETER SYSTEMS. SWITCHED TO ALTERNATE SYSTEM.FOUND HOLE IN STATIC PORT HEATER

Other reports on N54333 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.