# Incident 19790922050639I: Boeing 727, Columbus, OH, September 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1979, 22:25 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577DA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790922050639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN INTO A FLOCK OF GEESE AT 3500 FEET. WING SKIN AND ENGINE COWL DMAGE ONLY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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