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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Houston, TX · August 13, 1979

Date
August 13, 1979 · 15:51 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TXI
Aircraft
N1051T
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
55
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.

On climbout radar stabilization problem and autopilot wouldn't engage. Replaced vertical gyro,recalibrated radar.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMBOUT RADAR STABILIZATION PROBLEM AND AUTOPILOT WOULDN'T ENGAGE.REPLACED VERTICAL GYRO,RECALIBRATED RADAR.