19801227085109I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · West Palm Beach, FL · December 27, 1980

Date
December 27, 1980 · 17:25 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N931VJ
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
113
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.

Flight experienced electrical failure and depressurization. A wire had broken in the transformer.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND DEPRESSURIZATION. A WIRE HAD BROKEN IN THE TRANSFORMER.

Other reports on N931VJ · 2

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