# Accident 19980306010419A: Doug DC1030F, Memphis, TN, March 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1998, 02:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 35.0424° N, 89.9767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0424&lon=-89.9767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-10-30F (registry code 3024020, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-10-30f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-50 series (registry code 30018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1030F
- Reported engine: GE CF650*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,369 total, 3,369 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306010419A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ARRIVED AT GATE NOT FULLY DEPRESSURIZED. GROUND CREW OPENED CARGO DOOR. BLOWN OFF LIFT. DEPRESSURE NOT FULL OPEN. (.4)AN EQUIPMENT LOADER ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE ENTRY DOOR OF AN AIRPLANE WITH A PRESURIZED CABIN, BEFORE THE AIRPLANE ROTATING BEACON WAS TURNED OFF. AS THE CABIN WAS BEING DEPRESSURIZED, THE DOOR OPENED, AND THE EQUIPMENT LOADER WAS KNOCKED OFF THE LOADER. COMPANY RAMP SAFETY POLICY STATED TO NOT APPROACH AN ARRIVING AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT ITS PARKING POSITION, THE ENGINES SHUT DOWN, THE WHEELS CHOCKED, AND THE RED ROTATING BEACONS TURNED OFF. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT HAD A MALFUNCTION OF THE PRESSURIZATION OUTFLOW VALVE, WHILE CONDUCTING ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES ON THE PARKING RAMP.                                          (-23)NTSB IDENTIFICATION: MIA98LA096

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA096), Mar 6, 1998: Douglas DC-10-30F (N303FE), Memphis, TN, no damage. Probable cause: ground personnel (an equipment loader) failed to follow established written procedures (ramp safety policy), resulting in a pressurized entry door being opened before it was fully depressurized,…

## Other reports on N303FE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990629019399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990629019399I), Jun 29, 1999: Doug DC1010 (N303FE), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. (-5)On Tuesday 6/29/99, during test flight of a/c N303FE, flight crew heard a loud noise followed by airframe vibration. During post flight inspecti on, found…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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