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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC1010 · September 21, 1979

Date
September 21, 1979 · 09:53 local
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N121AA
Reported as
Doug DC1010
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total500 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.

Flight diverted due to suspected fuel system problems. No problem found. Engineer retraining due.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO SUSPECTED FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. NO PROBLEM FOUND. ENGINEER RETRAINING DUE.