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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC10/ · Detroit, MI · December 8, 1979

Date
December 8, 1979
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
NR231
Reported as
Doug DC10/
People aboard
1
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.

Mentally impaired passenger caused disturbance during flight.

As the FAA filed it

MENTALLY IMPAIRED PASSENGER CAUSED DISTURBANCE DURING FLIGHT.