- Date
- August 18, 1971
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 61 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3316LDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161223
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0036 71/8/18 NR.SAVANNAH,GA DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1335 N3316L PX- 0 0 56 31, 5900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- BLACK VULTURE HIT RADOME AND PENETRATED PRESSURE BULKHEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3316L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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