# Incident 19840816051069I: Doug DC914, Traverse City, MI, August 16, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1984, 09:47 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3308L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3308L-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-14 (registry code 3022034, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC914
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- People aboard: 46
- 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/19840816051069I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. ENGINE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N3308L (2)

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

- [Incident 19891203063729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891203063729I), Dec 3, 1989: Doug DC914 (N3308L), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. Left wing scraped runway on landing flare. Made a go around and landed. Encoutered a strong wind gust.
- [Incident 19870410028079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870410028079I), Apr 10, 1987: Doug DC914 (N3308L), Memphis, TN. The engine was found to have lost 4 quarts of oil. A worn starter adapter seal was replaced.

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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