19790211006469I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-10-10 · Las Vegas, NV · February 11, 1979

Date
February 11, 1979 · 23:00 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N903WA
Reported as
Doug DC1010
People aboard
226
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.

Faulty number 1 tr unit and bus control panel caused overhead warning lights to come on. Di breaker popped.

As the FAA filed it

FAULTY NUMBER 1 TR UNIT AND BUS CONTROL PANEL CAUSED OVERHEAD WARNING LIGHTS TO COME ON. DI BREAKER POPPED.