Accident · 1979-09-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1979-09-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC9 (NCFTLU)
- Operating rule
- Part 129
- Operator
- Air Canada Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Air Canada
Probable cause
a fatigue fracture of the aft cabin pressure bulkhead which resulted in a rapid decompression of the aircraft's cabin area. This fracture initiated from a crack below the aft bulkhead access door which was discernible on the X-rays taken during the aircraft's last maintenance inspection but was not detected by the inspectors.
Source: NTSB case NYC79AA106Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.