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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-23 · Shreveport, LA · April 13, 1988

Date
April 13, 1988 · 10:49 local
Place
Shreveport, LA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N1974
Reported as
Boeing 72723
People aboard
7
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.

Pressurization lost at altitude. Emergency descent. Divert to dfw. Fuselage skin around cargo door missing.

As the FAA filed it

PRESSURIZATION LOST AT ALTITUDE. EMERGENCY DESCENT. DIVERT TO DFW. FUSELAGE SKIN AROUND CARGO DOOR MISSING.