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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC931 · Philadelphia, PA · September 13, 1981

Date
September 13, 1981 · 20:22 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N977
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
75
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,797 total2,115 in this make and model127 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.

Za aircraft diverted to Philadelphia due to cabin pressure system malfunction including 4 mask storage doors.

As the FAA filed it

ZA AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO PHILADELPHIA DUE TO CABIN PRESSURE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION INCLUDING 4 MASK STORAGE DOORS.