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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC1030F · Washington, DC · February 14, 1986

Date
February 14, 1986 · 17:00 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WRLA
Aircraft
N105WA
Reported as
Doug DC1030F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,800 total5,000 in this make and model180 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.

Unexpected routing and lower altitudes resulted in low fuel situation. Safe landing with declared emergency.

As the FAA filed it

UNEXPECTED ROUTING AND LOWER ALTITUDES RESULTED IN LOW FUEL SITUATION. SAFE LANDING WITH DECLARED EMERGENCY.