# Incident 19790517200449I: Doug DC9, Washington, DC, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dca
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N930VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N930VJ-1998-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517200449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION AT CRUISE. OXYGEN MASKS DROPPED. PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER REPLACED. CLEANED VALVE.

## Other reports on N930VJ (2)

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

- [Incident 19801230088229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230088229I), Dec 30, 1980: Doug DC931 (N930VJ), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Wing tip struck backhoe while taxiing to gate.
- [Incident 19790111001069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790111001069I), Jan 11, 1979: Doug DC931 (N930VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. While taxiing to gate from landing, a passenger had an apparent heart attack.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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