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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC8* · Denver, CO · July 8, 1979

Date
July 8, 1979 · 17:58 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UAL
Aircraft
N2488
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.

Large chunk of ice fell from plane into house found leaking water drain.

As the FAA filed it

LARGE CHUNK OF ICE FELL FROM PLANE INTO HOUSE FOUND LEAKING WATER DRAIN.