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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Savannah, GA · January 19, 1978

Date
January 19, 1978 · 10:45 local
Place
Savannah, GA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8910E
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
61
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Uncontrollable cabin pressure caused pilot to request lower altitude. Loose duct on outlet side of acm.

As the FAA filed it

UNCONTROLLABLE CABIN PRESSURE CAUSED PILOT TO REQUEST LOWER ALTITUDE. LOOSE DUCT ON OUTLET SIDE OF ACM.