# Incident 19811108080869I: Doug DC931, Columbia, SC, November 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1981, 20:15 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8973E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 93
- 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/19811108080869I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZH PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, EMERGENCY DESCENT, SOME OXYGEN MASKS FAILED TO DEPLOY. FERRIED TO MAINTENANCE.

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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