42.3314° N, 83.0458° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 21, 1979 · 07:30 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metropolitan
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N804
Reported as
Doug DC8/
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.
Aircraft left side of slushy runway after 3 takeoff attempts. Dragging brake
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LEFT SIDE OF SLUSHY RUNWAY AFTER 3 TAKEOFF ATTEMPTS. DRAGGING BRAKE