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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Greensboro, NC · November 22, 1994

Date: November 22, 1994 · 14:42 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N83870
Reported as: Doug DC982
People aboard: 119
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 244 in the last 90 days

N83870Registration cancelled May 15, 2006 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)S/N 48056 · Built 1981 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82)Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-17 seriesTurbo-jet

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.

Struck large bird on approach. Large hole in radome. Damaged bulkhead supports and radar antenna.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK LARGE BIRD ON APPROACH. LARGE HOLE IN RADOME. DAMAGED BULKHEAD SUPPORTS AND RADAR ANTENNA.