40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 4, 1979 · 20:19 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Aircraft
CFNAH
Reported as
Boeing 737*
People aboard
40
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 struck deer on runway during departure ground roll.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK DEER ON RUNWAY DURING DEPARTURE GROUND ROLL.