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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Buffalo, NY · September 9, 1989

Date
September 9, 1989 · 13:25 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N925VJ
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
76
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total90 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 pressurization. Descended and continued flight. Changed pressurization controller.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PRESSURIZATION. DESCENDED AND CONTINUED FLIGHT. CHANGED PRESSURIZATION CONTROLLER.