19781027027479I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737/ · Cleveland, OH · October 27, 1978

Date
October 27, 1978 · 21:44 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Hopkins International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9029U
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79IA013
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
12
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.

Flight struck birds during let down. Causeing extensive damage.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT STRUCK BIRDS DURING LET DOWN. CAUSEING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.