42.9469° N, 87.8971° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 20, 1981 · 18:35 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N277US
Reported as
Boeing 727200
People aboard
68
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,500 in this make and model210 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 penetrated line of thunderstorms. And encountered moderate turbulence injurying several passengers.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT PENETRATED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.AND ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE INJURYING SEVERAL PASSENGERS.