19780128003909I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Amarillo, TX · January 28, 1978

Date
January 28, 1978 · 13:58 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TXI
Aircraft
N1310T
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
90
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.

Lost air conditioning and cabin began climbing. Crack in flex duct connector at pressure bulkhead.

As the FAA filed it

LOST AIR CONDITIONING AND CABIN BEGAN CLIMBING. CRACK IN FLEX DUCT CONNECTOR AT PRESSURE BULKHEAD.