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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-8-62 · Miami, FL · December 28, 1978

Date
December 28, 1978 · 15:00 local
Place
Miami, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N810BN
Reported as
Doug DC862
People aboard
83
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total750 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 hit unexpected turbulance during descent causing injuries to cabin crew and passengers.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT HIT UNEXPECTED TURBULANCE DURING DESCENT CAUSING INJURIES TO CABIN CREW AND PASSENGERS.