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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737322 · Des Moines, IA · October 17, 1991

Date
October 17, 1991 · 07:48 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Des Moines International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N392UA
Reported as
Boeing 737322
People aboard
90
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,730 total830 in this make and model150 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.

Vibration from fuselage on climb. Returned. Found forward lavatory service door open. Upper latch bent.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION FROM FUSELAGE ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND FORWARD LAVATORY SERVICE DOOR OPEN. UPPER LATCH BENT.