# Incident 19811025077039I: Airbus A300B2, Houston, TX, October 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1981, 17:35 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201EA-1997-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-2C (registry code 3930301, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B2
- People aboard: 174
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811025077039I

## Narrative

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

MASTER DOOR WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. PILOT RETURNED TO HOUSTON TX. MAINTENANCE RESET COMPUTER SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N201EA (1)

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

- [Incident 19870430022509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430022509I), Apr 30, 1987: Airbus A300B4203 (N201EA), Chattanooga, TN, Minor damage. The number 2 engine EGT exceeded limits. The aircraft was safely returned to airport and the engine changed.

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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