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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC1010 · Las Vegas, NV · October 28, 1991

Date
October 28, 1991 · 07:19 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1820U
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX92IA027
Reported as
Doug DC1010
People aboard
179
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total400 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Experienced rapid decompression. Masks deployed. Found a tear in lower pressure bulkhead. Modification not done.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED RAPID DECOMPRESSION. MASKS DEPLOYED. FOUND A TEAR IN LOWER PRESSURE BULKHEAD. MODIFICATION NOT DONE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.