# Incident 19800520083659I: Doug DC931, New Orleans, LA, May 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1980, 08:03 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Moisant International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N955N-2005-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800520083659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLIGHT DIVERTED, ENGINE SHUTDOWN AFTER FUEL HEAT VALVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FOUND DEFECTIVE VALVE.

## Other reports on N955N (2)

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

- [Incident 19790622017459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622017459I), Jun 22, 1979: Doug DC931 (N955N), Chicago, IL. Flight descended and returned after pressurization loss. Found broken line.
- [Incident 19790527028049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790527028049I), May 27, 1979: Doug DC931 (N955N), Detroit, MI. Emergency landing after experiencing decompression. Found broken ground shift mechanism.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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