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Incident

FAA incident report · Fokker F27FOKKER* · Burbank, CA · April 28, 1981

Date
April 28, 1981 · 07:15 local
Place
Burbank, CA
Airport
Los Angeles International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWTA
Aircraft
N423SA
Reported as
Fokker F27FOKKER*
People aboard
43
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
845 in this make and model165 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.

Aircraft encountered severe turbulence during descent when none was expected. Three persons were injured.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE DURING DESCENT WHEN NONE WAS EXPECTED. THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.