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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-10-10 · Denver, CO · July 12, 1980

Date
July 12, 1980 · 12:52 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N111AA
Reported as
Doug DC1010
People aboard
107
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.

Airplane diverted with a fuel problem. Nr 2 fuel quantity gauge not accurate. Found that wrong gauge was installed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE DIVERTED WITH A FUEL PROBLEM. NR 2 FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE NOT ACCURATE. FOUND THAT WRONG GAUGE WAS INSTALLED.

Other reports on N111AA · 7

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.