# Incident 19780203005689I: Doug DC9, Houston, TX, February 3, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1978, 08:25 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 46
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780203005689I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF WITH CARGO DOOR OPEN, COULD NOT PRESSURIZE. RETURNED. DOOR WARNING SWITCH FOUND DEFECTIVE.

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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