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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Buffalo, NY · February 14, 1989

Date
February 14, 1989 · 18:00 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
NR762
People aboard
122
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,400 total4,600 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft lost pressurization. Landed safely found both packs inoperative. Cleaned flow valves.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST PRESSURIZATION. LANDED SAFELY FOUND BOTH PACKS INOPERATIVE. CLEANED FLOW VALVES.