- Date
- August 12, 1978
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 35 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1273LDouglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780812037659I
- Case key
- 139530
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0019 78/8/12 SPRINGFIELD,IL DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0721 N1273L PX- 0 0 30 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1273L
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.