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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Oakland, CA · September 21, 1978

Date
September 21, 1978 · 03:44 local
Place
Oakland, CA
Airport
Metro International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100ZZ
Reported as
Doug DC3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,500 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.

Bird strike on takeoff shattered windshield. Occupants received glass dust in eyes.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRIKE ON TAKEOFF SHATTERED WINDSHIELD. OCCUPANTS RECEIVED GLASS DUST IN EYES.