19830212009729I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC1030F · Washington, DC · February 12, 1983

Date
February 12, 1983 · 12:04 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WRLA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N103WA
Reported as
Doug DC1030F
Reported engine
GE CF650C
People aboard
185
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.

Pilot misunderstood taxi instructions. Became blocked on ramp. Fan blades snow and ice damaged using reverse thrust

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. BECAME BLOCKED ON RAMP. FAN BLADES SNOW AND ICE DAMAGED USING REVERSE THRUST