19801112079589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC1010 · San Francisco, CA · November 12, 1980

Date
November 12, 1980 · 10:00 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N904WA
Reported as
Doug DC1010
People aboard
107
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.

A section of the engine pylon fairing separated in flight, struck the ground without injury to persons or property.

As the FAA filed it

A SECTION OF THE ENGINE PYLON FAIRING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT, STRUCK THE GROUND WITHOUT INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY.