19811022075389I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Detroit, MI · October 22, 1981

Date
October 22, 1981 · 21:05 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REPA
Aircraft
N787NC
Reported as
Doug DC9
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D17
People aboard
66
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.

Experienced fire while starting left engine. No cause found. No damage found.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED FIRE WHILE STARTING LEFT ENGINE. NO CAUSE FOUND. NO DAMAGE FOUND.

Other reports on N787NC · 5

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