38.3498° N, 81.6326° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 26, 1981 · 19:18 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
NR203
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
2
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.
Zf in descent with light turbulence, flight attendant lost balance, fell and hit her head on armrest.
As the FAA filed it
ZF IN DESCENT WITH LIGHT TURBULENCE, FLIGHT ATTENDANT LOST BALANCE, FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON ARMREST.