# Accident 19880826070269A: Boeing 767332, Charleston, SC, August 26, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1988, 20:25 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.7766° N, 79.9309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7766&lon=-79.9309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120DL-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-332 (registry code 1385101, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-332) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767332
- Reported engine: GE CF6*
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,697 total, 1,378 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880826070269A

## Narrative

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

SAW BUILD-UP AHEAD,TRIED TO TURN TO0 LATE.AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE INJURING PASSENGERS AND STEWARDESS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL88FA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA239), Aug 27, 1988: Boeing 767 (N120DL), Charleston, SC, no damage

## Other reports on N120DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19911119056779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911119056779I), Nov 19, 1991: Boeing 767332 (N120DL), New York, NY, Minor damage. Right wing tip of aircraft struck left elevator of another aircraft during taxi.

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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