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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC10/ · Denver, CO · September 30, 1979

Date
September 30, 1979 · 19:15 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
NR235
Reported as
Doug DC10/
People aboard
204
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.

Passenger went beserk, injured three people with a knife before being subdued by the crew.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER WENT BESERK, INJURED THREE PEOPLE WITH A KNIFE BEFORE BEING SUBDUED BY THE CREW.