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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 72722 · Seattle, WA · May 15, 1980

Date
May 15, 1980 · 13:06 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma In
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N7269U
Reported as
Boeing 72722
People aboard
37
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 pressurization could not be controlled, oxygen masks deployed. Safe landing made after emergency descent.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN PRESSURIZATION COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED, OXYGEN MASKS DEPLOYED. SAFE LANDING MADE AFTER EMERGENCY DESCENT.