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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC980 · Honolulu, HI · May 8, 1981

Date
May 8, 1981 · 07:34 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
HALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N809HA
Reported as
Doug DC980
People aboard
103
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9 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.

Improper level off touchdown allowed thrust reverser doors to strike runway during landing.

As the FAA filed it

IMPROPER LEVEL OFF TOUCHDOWN ALLOWED THRUST REVERSER DOORS TO STRIKE RUNWAY DURING LANDING.