38.8951° N, 77.0364° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 31, 1978 · 20:05 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
National
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N6800
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
57
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.
Passenger retreiving brief case from #2 forward bin caught his finger between 2nd and 3rd folding door. Tip mangled
As the FAA filed it
PASSENGER RETREIVING BRIEF CASE FROM #2 FORWARD BIN CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD FOLDING DOOR. TIP MANGLED