20.2274° N, 155.8396° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawi, HI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 11, 1987 · 13:55 local
Place
Hawi, HI
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TSAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N728AL
Reported as
Boeing 737297
People aboard
77
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total10,000 in this make and model199 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.
Rapid depressurization. Aircraft safely diverted to land. Lower gate from the right forward galley door was missing
As the FAA filed it
RAPID DEPRESSURIZATION. AIRCRAFT SAFELY DIVERTED TO LAND. LOWER GATE FROM THE RIGHT FORWARD GALLEY DOOR WAS MISSING