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Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120 · Birmingham, AL · July 10, 1989

Date
July 10, 1989 · 15:15 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AMWA
Aircraft
N125AM
Reported as
EMB EMB120
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW118
People aboard
17
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total500 in this make and model250 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.

Cabin altitude warning light on. Donned masks. Emergency landing. Electro-pneumatic outflow valve failed.

As the FAA filed it

CABIN ALTITUDE WARNING LIGHT ON. DONNED MASKS. EMERGENCY LANDING. ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC OUTFLOW VALVE FAILED.