41.9390° N, 72.6843° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 23, 1978 · 20:40 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N931VJ
Reported as
Bac 111/
People aboard
32
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.
Struck large bird at 1600 feet near outer marker. No damage.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK LARGE BIRD AT 1600 FEET NEAR OUTER MARKER. NO DAMAGE.