38.8951° N, 77.0364° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 12, 1988 · 07:00 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N820NY
Reported as
Doug DC982
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D217
People aboard
153
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
233 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.
Compressor stalls. Aborted takeoff. Engine damaged by FOD. Passengers saw ice on wing. Suspect ice damaged engines.
As the FAA filed it
COMPRESSOR STALLS. ABORTED TAKEOFF. ENGINE DAMAGED BY FOD. PASSENGERS SAW ICE ON WING. SUSPECT ICE DAMAGED ENGINES.