19810115006599I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727172C · Washington, DC · January 15, 1981

Date
January 15, 1981 · 12:15 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dca
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N81726
Reported as
Boeing 727172C
People aboard
58
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.

Crew observed flock of geese on takeoff. No 3 engine ingested birds. Engine shutdown aircraft returned replaced eng

As the FAA filed it

CREW OBSERVED FLOCK OF GEESE ON TAKEOFF. NO 3 ENGINE INGESTED BIRDS. ENGINE SHUTDOWN AIRCRAFT RETURNED REPLACED ENG