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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Pittsburgh, PA · March 1, 1979

Date
March 1, 1979 · 13:24 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N986VJ
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
71
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.

Power fluctuation before engine quit. Fuel leak found at connection to fuel control unit.

As the FAA filed it

POWER FLUCTUATION BEFORE ENGINE QUIT. FUEL LEAK FOUND AT CONNECTION TO FUEL CONTROL UNIT.

Other reports on N986VJ · 6

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.