39.7684° N, 86.1580° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 28, 1981 · 16:27 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
OZAA
Aircraft
N9812
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
36
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.
Pilot noted automatic pressurization not operating properly. Controlled pressure manually. Oxygen masks not deployed.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT NOTED AUTOMATIC PRESSURIZATION NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.CONTROLLED PRESSURE MANUALLY.OXYGEN MASKS NOT DEPLOYED.