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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC861 · Chicago, IL · February 29, 1984

Date
February 29, 1984 · 15:35 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Ohare International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N8087U
Reported as
Doug DC861
People aboard
242
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.

Emergency descent due to loss of pressurization. Found external airconditioning door was torn off.

As the FAA filed it

EMERGENCY DESCENT DUE TO LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION. FOUND EXTERNAL AIRCONDITIONING DOOR WAS TORN OFF.

Other reports on N8087U · 4

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