19881230069129I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-10-30 · Buffalo, NY · December 30, 1988

Date
December 30, 1988 · 09:15 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N164AA
Reported as
Doug DC1030
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.

Coffee spilled on passengers shoulder and back. Paramedics met flight and treated passenger for burns.

As the FAA filed it

COFFEE SPILLED ON PASSENGERS SHOULDER AND BACK. PARAMEDICS MET FLIGHT AND TREATED PASSENGER FOR BURNS.