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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Bridgeport, TX · February 15, 1990

Date
February 15, 1990 · 12:30 local
Place
Bridgeport, TX
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N501AA
Reported as
Doug DC982
People aboard
148
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.

Passenger opened aft galley door and aircraft depressurized. Was restrained and taken into custody on arrival.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER OPENED AFT GALLEY DOOR AND AIRCRAFT DEPRESSURIZED. WAS RESTRAINED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON ARRIVAL.