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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Oklahoma City, OK · September 16, 1983

Date
September 16, 1983 · 17:30 local
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
Will Rogers
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REPA
Aircraft
N911RW
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
50
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,300 total5,600 in this make and model150 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.

Auto pressure failed causing a rapid decompression. Found a malfunctioning controller.

As the FAA filed it

AUTO PRESSURE FAILED CAUSING A RAPID DECOMPRESSION. FOUND A MALFUNCTIONING CONTROLLER.

Other reports on N911RW · 2

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