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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC931 · Boston, MA · May 9, 1983

Date
May 9, 1983 · 13:03 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan Itl
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N958UJ
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9
People aboard
54
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.

Elevator began to flutter and clunk on climbout. Found fell and load bungee faulty. Replaced bungee.

As the FAA filed it

ELEVATOR BEGAN TO FLUTTER AND CLUNK ON CLIMBOUT. FOUND FELL AND LOAD BUNGEE FAULTY. REPLACED BUNGEE.