# Incident 19980617024759I: Doug DC862, Salt Lake City, UT, June 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1998, 07:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ABXA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N803AX-2004-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-62 (registry code 3021970, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-62) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D series (registry code 52035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC862
- Reported engine: PWA JT3D3B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617024759I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH HIT SEVERAL SMALL BIRDS DAMAGING NR3 ENGINE.

## Other reports on N803AX (1)

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

- [Accident 19960320040759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960320040759A), Mar 20, 1996: Doug DC862 (N803AX), Wilmington, OH, Substantial damage. Wing struck a snowplow truck during taxi for takeoff. Poor ground crew coordination and company dispatch procedures (-23) a day sort DC-8 taxiing for departure…

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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