- Date
- June 16, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 102 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N782NBoeing 737-201
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830616074599I
- Case key
- 12048
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - hailCause
Analysis
During climb to cruise the acft encountered unforcast hail. The flight continued to destination and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N782N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22352
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9A, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Piedmount Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Charlotte, NC
- Destination
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.