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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-214 · Indianapolis, IN · December 7, 1990

Date
December 7, 1990 · 11:22 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N719US
Reported as
Boeing 727214
People aboard
97
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,400 total

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.

Windshield cracked at cruise altitude. Diverted to Indianapolis. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

WINDSHIELD CRACKED AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. DIVERTED TO INDIANAPOLIS. LANDED SAFELY.