39.9523° N, 75.1638° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Philadelphia, PA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 6, 1981 · 11:00 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Damage
Damage unknown
Aircraft
N8038A
Reported as
Doug DC833
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT4A12
People aboard
187
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,500 total200 in this make and model200 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.
Za returned to Philadelphia due to engine malfunction. Unknown damage. Service difficulty report to be summitted.
As the FAA filed it
ZA RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA DUE TO ENGINE MALFUNCTION. UNKNOWN DAMAGE. SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT TO BE SUMMITTED.