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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · Norfolk, VA · October 19, 1981

Date
October 19, 1981 · 14:41 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N837
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
63
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.

Aircraft struck seagulls during takeoff. No adverse effect to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEAGULLS DURING TAKEOFF. NO ADVERSE EFFECT TO AIRCRAFT.