# Incident 19811215085829I: Boeing 727200, Washington, DC, December 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1981, 19:25 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465DA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 105
- 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/19811215085829I

## Narrative

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

ZA HEAVY BUFFETING IN NOSE AREA AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. RIGHT FORWARD NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD DEPARTED 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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