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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 747* · Bermuda, Puerto Rico · May 21, 1981

Date
May 21, 1981 · 13:01 local
Place
Bermuda, Puerto Rico
Airport
Bermuda
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9670
Reported as
Boeing 747*
People aboard
108
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25,000 total1,800 in this make and model70 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.

Aircraaft struck localizer antennas on final approach. Was below glidepath.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAAFT STRUCK LOCALIZER ANTENNAS ON FINAL APPROACH. WAS BELOW GLIDEPATH.