# Incident 19811017081749I: Doug DC1010, Los Angeles, CA, October 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1981, 17:15 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1821U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1010
- People aboard: 101
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,914 total, 154 in this make and model, 264 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81IA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811017081749I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81IA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81IA003), Oct 17, 1981: Douglas DC-10 (N1821U), Los Angeles, CA, incident, no damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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