38.8339° N, 104.8214° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 13, 1984 · 17:23 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N133AW
Reported as
Boeing 7372Q8C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9A
People aboard
59
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,193 total2,850 in this make and model191 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.
Encountered an area of hail during descent. Minor damage to leading edges of flight surfaces and the radome.
As the FAA filed it
ENCOUNTERED AN AREA OF HAIL DURING DESCENT. MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGES OF FLIGHT SURFACES AND THE RADOME.