# Incident 19830416020069I: Doug DC8*, Dallas, TX, April 16, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1983, 08:01 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Ft Worth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FTLA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N773FT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC8*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,582 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83IA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830416020069I

## Narrative

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

ROLLING TAKEOFF WITH LEFT TURN. PILOT UNABLE TO TURN NOSE GEAR. RAN OFF RUNWAY. INDICATES PILOT ERROR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW83IA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA193), Apr 16, 1983: Douglas DC-8-63F (N773FT), Dfw Airport, TX, incident, no damage

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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