- Date
- October 17, 1981
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 128 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1821UDouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811017081749I
- Case key
- 122697
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0021 81/10/17 NR.LOS ANGELES,CA DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 0 0 11 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1700 N1821U PX- 0 0117 56, 19938 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1515 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- 1ST & 2ND OFFICERS LNDG ACFT WO FURTHER INCIDENT AFT CAPT BCM INCAPACITATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1821U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- 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.