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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727 · El Paso, TX · December 1, 1978

Date
December 1, 1978 · 16:40 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Aircraft
N88480
Reported as
Boeing 727
People aboard
97
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.

After departure aircraft would not pressurize, returned. The aft cargo door was not closed.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DEPARTURE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT PRESSURIZE, RETURNED. THE AFT CARGO DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED.