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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Lkheed 1011/ · Salina, KS · June 21, 1979

Date
June 21, 1979 · 20:30 local
Place
Salina, KS
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N31001
Reported as
Lkheed 1011/
People aboard
235
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 encountered hail during mach .84 flight at FL 310. Considerable damage but none to the engines

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED HAIL DURING MACH .84 FLIGHT AT FL 310. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE BUT NONE TO THE ENGINES