# Incident 19811120080929I: Doug DC863, Atlanta, GA, November 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1981
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartzell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTLA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N776FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811120080929I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FREAK TORNADO HIT AREA WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. STOPPED AIRCRAFT. SHUT DOWN ENGINES. STRUCT BY BLOWN OVER AIRCRAFT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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