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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC1010 · Los Angeles, CA · October 17, 1981

Date
October 17, 1981 · 17:15 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N1821U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81IA003
Reported as
Doug DC1010
People aboard
101
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,914 total154 in this make and model264 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.

Captain suffered apparent heart attack. Flight returned. Landed over gross. Captain survived attack.

As the FAA filed it

CAPTAIN SUFFERED APPARENT HEART ATTACK. FLIGHT RETURNED. LANDED OVER GROSS. CAPTAIN SURVIVED ATTACK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.