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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrfa TEAL121 · Bridgeport, NJ · August 7, 1979

Date
August 7, 1979 · 11:05 local
Place
Bridgeport, NJ
Airport
Bridgeport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1342W
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FA073
Reported as
Amtrfa TEAL121
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,775 total4 in this make and model102 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.

Pilots were on takeoff run when aircraft was struck from above and from left by another aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOTS WERE ON TAKEOFF RUN WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK FROM ABOVE AND FROM LEFT BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.