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Date
December 14, 2007 · 23:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DHLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N746DH
Reported as
Boeing 727224
People aboard
2
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.
(-23) Flap section departed aircraft on takeoff. Aircraft departed pit, crew noticed a slight roll on takeoff and a slight roll on landing. A large piece of a flap departed the aircraft on departure. The flap has been tagged with a FAA form 8020-2 tag #022 and has been sent to a lab for testing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) FLAP SECTION DEPARTED AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PIT, CREW NOTICED A SLIGHT ROLL ON TAKEOFF AND A SLIGHT ROLL ON LANDING. A LARGE PIECE OF A FLAP DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT ON DEPARTURE. THE FLAP HAS BEEN TAGGED WITH A FAA FORM 8020-2 TAG #022 AND HAS BEEN SENT TO A LAB FOR TESTING.