# Incident 19811126083899I: Boeing 727200, Augusta, GA, November 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1981, 08:08 local time
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Airport: Augusta
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.4710° N, 81.9748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Augusta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4710&lon=-81.9748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N495DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N495DA-2001-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-232 (registry code 1384082, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 136
- 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/19811126083899I

## Narrative

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

COPILOT GOT BELOW GLIDE SLOPE AND TOUCHED DOWN 300 FEET SHORT. PILOT ABORTED AND WING HIT APPROACH LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N495DA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000319032529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000319032529I), Mar 19, 2000: Boeing 727232 (N495DA), New York, NY. (-23)On 3/19/00, a Boeing 727-732, N495DA, was not able to retract the landing gear and returned to lga. The aircraft landed and came to rest. The crew then…
- [Incident 19960225005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960225005249I), Feb 25, 1996: Boeing 727232 (N495DA), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on 2/25/96 at 1942, a Boeing 727, N495DA, flight 500 during descent to Rochester airport, experienced loss of #2 engine. Aircraft landed without any…

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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