33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 20, 1981
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Hartzell
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FTLA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N776FT
Reported as
Doug DC863
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.
Freak tornado hit area while taxiing to ramp. Stopped aircraft. Shut down engines. Struct by blown over aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
FREAK TORNADO HIT AREA WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. STOPPED AIRCRAFT. SHUT DOWN ENGINES. STRUCT BY BLOWN OVER AIRCRAFT.