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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Atlanta, GA · November 7, 1991

Date
November 7, 1991 · 10:58 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
NR873
People aboard
121
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,100 total2,100 in this make and model

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.

Pilot distracted by TCAS alert allowed aircraft to exceed assigned heading, corrected without loss of separation.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DISTRACTED BY TCAS ALERT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO EXCEED ASSIGNED HEADING, CORRECTED WITHOUT LOSS OF SEPARATION.