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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC981 · Industry, TX · February 20, 1987

Date
February 20, 1987 · 08:05 local
Place
Industry, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MACA
Aircraft
N932MC
Reported as
Doug DC981
People aboard
36
Fatal injuries
0

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.

The aircraft encountered unexpected strong turbulence which caused injury to two flight attendants.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED STRONG TURBULENCE WHICH CAUSED INJURY TO TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.