# Incident 19801203088599I: Doug DC861F, Atlanta, GA, December 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1980, 08:23 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTLA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N864FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC861F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,866 total, 4,072 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81IA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801203088599I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER EXECUTING TURN. FOUND MISSING TAPER PIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81IA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81IA023), Dec 3, 1980: Douglas DC-8 (N864FT), Atlanta, GA, incident, minor damage

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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