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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 707323B · St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands · April 6, 1980

Date
April 6, 1980
Place
St Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8433
Reported as
Boeing 707323B
People aboard
5
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.

Cabin depressurized in flight due to damaged cargo door.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN DEPRESSURIZED IN FLIGHT DUE TO DAMAGED CARGO DOOR.