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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Indianapolis, IN · November 13, 1978

Date
November 13, 1978 · 20:54 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N986
Reported as
Doug DC9
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
52
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit in climb. Found turbine damage. Replaced engine.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT IN CLIMB. FOUND TURBINE DAMAGE. REPLACED ENGINE.