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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC931 · Birmingham, AL · June 16, 1980

Date
June 16, 1980 · 11:22 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8969E
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
60
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.

Encountered engine indication malfunctions after takeoff. Bullet had entered fuselage severing wires.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED ENGINE INDICATION MALFUNCTIONS AFTER TAKEOFF. BULLET HAD ENTERED FUSELAGE SEVERING WIRES.