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Incident

FAA incident report · Lkheed 1011* · Benito Jaurez, Mexico · July 19, 1981

Date
July 19, 1981 · 12:55 local
Place
Benito Jaurez, Mexico
Airport
Benito Jaurez Int
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N337EA
Reported as
Lkheed 1011*
People aboard
233
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.

Windshield cracked en route. Descended to unpressurized altitude. Landed destination. Replaced windshield.

As the FAA filed it

WINDSHIELD CRACKED EN ROUTE. DESCENDED TO UNPRESSURIZED ALTITUDE. LANDED DESTINATION. REPLACED WINDSHIELD.