19890118005889I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-51 · Atlanta, GA · January 18, 1989

Date
January 18, 1989 · 08:50 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N418EA
Reported as
Doug DC951
People aboard
67
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total10,004 in this make and model300 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.

Lost cabin pressure when controller failed in auto mode. Descended and deployed masks. Changed 2 switches.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CABIN PRESSURE WHEN CONTROLLER FAILED IN AUTO MODE. DESCENDED AND DEPLOYED MASKS. CHANGED 2 SWITCHES.