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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC1030 · Chicago, IL · March 2, 1986

Date
March 2, 1986 · 10:10 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N138AA
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI86IA099
Reported as
Doug DC1030
People aboard
98
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,600 total2,100 in this make and model177 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.

Flight engineer became ill one hour before landing on international flight. Declared brain dead the next day.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT ENGINEER BECAME ILL ONE HOUR BEFORE LANDING ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. DECLARED BRAIN DEAD THE NEXT DAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.