41.9390° N, 72.6843° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 15, 1979 · 23:30 local
Place
East Windsor Lo, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N453DA
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
60
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.
Tail skid dragged during landing. No structural damage found.
As the FAA filed it
TAIL SKID DRAGGED DURING LANDING. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOUND.