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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC10/ · Whittier, CA · February 16, 1978

Date
February 16, 1978 · 20:20 local
Place
Whittier, CA
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1818U
Reported as
Doug DC10/
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.

Fueling door broke off at the hinge during approach. Caused damage to the roof of a residence.

As the FAA filed it

FUELING DOOR BROKE OFF AT THE HINGE DURING APPROACH. CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF A RESIDENCE.