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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC914 · Houston, TX · November 17, 1981

Date
November 17, 1981 · 21:12 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TXIA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1301T
Reported as
Doug DC914
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D1
People aboard
76
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.

Aircraft returned when right engine start valve annunciator and fire warning came on. Starter failed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT RETURNED WHEN RIGHT ENGINE START VALVE ANNUNCIATOR AND FIRE WARNING CAME ON. STARTER FAILED.