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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC863F · Detroit, MI · April 23, 1979

Date
April 23, 1979 · 19:31 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WRL
Aircraft
N805WA
Reported as
Doug DC863F
People aboard
259
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.

Lost pressurization at FL 350 due to faulty pressure relief valve.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PRESSURIZATION AT FL 350 DUE TO FAULTY PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE.