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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9* · Detroit, MI · October 13, 1985

Date
October 13, 1985 · 14:34 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
NR378
Reported as
Doug DC9*
People aboard
102
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,283 total166 in this make and model166 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.

ATC rogered climb to FL330. Alert sounded. Altitude should have been FL310. Error on ATC and pilot.

As the FAA filed it

ATC ROGERED CLIMB TO FL330. ALERT SOUNDED. ALTITUDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FL310. ERROR ON ATC AND PILOT.