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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72735 · Washington, VA · October 29, 1981

Date
October 29, 1981 · 08:53 local
Place
Washington, VA
Airport
National
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N4614
Reported as
Boeing 72735
People aboard
3
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 four birds on short final. No damage. No delay in turn around.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK FOUR BIRDS ON SHORT FINAL. NO DAMAGE. NO DELAY IN TURN AROUND.