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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Las Vegas, NV · June 18, 1978

Date
June 18, 1978 · 17:35 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAI
Aircraft
N9340
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
63
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total4,000 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.

Aircraft encountered light to moderate turbulence on descent, causing minor injury to three passengers.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE ON DESCENT, CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO THREE PASSENGERS.

Other reports on N9340 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.