42.3584° N, 71.0598° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 11, 1978 · 06:14 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N117
Reported as
Doug DC10/
People aboard
277
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.
Aircraft struck bird on landing, small dent found on engine fairing.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK BIRD ON LANDING, SMALL DENT FOUND ON ENGINE FAIRING.