# Incident 19780419012849I: Boeing 727, Gainesville, FL, April 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1978, 07:50 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Natl
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR95 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780419012849I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING CLIMBOUT AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, HAIL AND SOME ICING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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