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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-214 · Washington, DC · September 15, 1987

Date
September 15, 1987 · 19:36 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington National
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N373PA
Reported as
Boeing 727214
People aboard
157
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.

Diverted and descended when cabin pressure could not be stabilized. Oxygen mask deployment malfunctions.

As the FAA filed it

DIVERTED AND DESCENDED WHEN CABIN PRESSURE COULD NOT BE STABILIZED. OXYGEN MASK DEPLOYMENT MALFUNCTIONS.