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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC981 · Houston, TX · July 27, 1987

Date
July 27, 1987 · 12:30 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
William P Hobby
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N819HA
Reported as
Doug DC981
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total300 in this make and model100 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.

Fuel digital system fluctuated at cruise. Returned to departure airport.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL DIGITAL SYSTEM FLUCTUATED AT CRUISE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT.