# Incident 19791204048049I: Boeing 72722C, Harrisburg, PA, December 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1979, 06:46 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDE
- Location: 40.2759° N, 76.8850° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2759&lon=-76.8850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103FE-2006-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-22C (registry code 138400F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722C
- 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/19791204048049I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TWO BIRD STRIKES DURING FINAL APPROACH. CRACKED RADOME. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N103FE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800815066589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800815066589I), Aug 15, 1980: Boeing 72722C (N103FE), Pittsburgh, PA. APU fire after landing.

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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