# Incident 19870808051159I: Wdl WDL1, San Diego, CA, August 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1987, 17:32 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: DLDFM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WDL WDL1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870808051159I

## Narrative

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

SUDDEN GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE BLIMP TO MAKE A HARD LANDING. DAMAGED TO PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR.

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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