# Incident 19880108004269I: Doug DC931, Wichita, KS, January 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1988, 14:15 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N980Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N980Z-2001-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 302206A, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880108004269I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE CABIN COMPARTMENT DURING CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N980Z (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870102014819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870102014819I), Jan 2, 1987: Doug DC931 (N980Z), St Louis, MO. Flap rudder stop light came on again during takeoff roll. Aborted. Found a bad rudder stop switch.
- [Incident 19830621035179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830621035179I), Jun 21, 1983: Doug DC931 (N980Z), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. While boarding passengers the jet way collapsed. Aircraft sustained minor damage. One passenger injured.
- [Incident 19810515043169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515043169I), May 15, 1981: Doug DC9 (N980Z), Lufkin, TX. Cabin began to climb while crusing at 35000 ft. declared emergency and descended to 10000 ft. duct found blown off.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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