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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727251 · Washington, DC · August 17, 1987

Date
August 17, 1987 · 09:57 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington National
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N203US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Number 1 engine flamed out during climb. The aircraft returned safely. Bird strike damage found.

As the FAA filed it

NUMBER 1 ENGINE FLAMED OUT DURING CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED SAFELY. BIRD STRIKE DAMAGE FOUND.