35.2220° N, 101.8313° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 20, 1978 · 16:30 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7385F
Reported as
Boeing 737291
People aboard
98
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.
Aircraft lost pressurization due to failure of duct downstream from equipment cooling flow control valve.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION DUE TO FAILURE OF DUCT DOWNSTREAM FROM EQUIPMENT COOLING FLOW CONTROL VALVE.