Accident · 1988-01-10

NTSB case FTW88LA050 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1988-01-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10 (N142AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

UNEXPECTED OPENING OF THE IL DOOR, WHICH CAUGHT THE PASSENGER BETWEEN IT AND THE BULKHEAD AS THE DOOR MOVED INWARD AND UPWARD. A SECONDARY CAUSE WAS THE FAILURE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO FOLLOW COMPANY PROCEDURES REQUIRING THEM TO GUARD ALL ENTRY DOORS DURING THE DEPLANING PROCESS.

Source: NTSB case FTW88LA050

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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