41.9390° N, 72.6843° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 24, 1979 · 19:49 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N803E
Reported as
Doug DC851
People aboard
77
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.
Vibration after gear retraction, flight returned. No reason could be found, no further occurrence.
As the FAA filed it
VIBRATION AFTER GEAR RETRACTION, FLIGHT RETURNED. NO REASON COULD BE FOUND, NO FURTHER OCCURRENCE.