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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC981 · Long Beach, CA · March 10, 1982

Date
March 10, 1982 · 18:30 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
JAMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N778JA
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82IA103
Reported as
Doug DC981
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
66
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,400 total165 in this make and model220 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Difficulty on engine start. Caused wet start and engine fire. Fire put out. Tailwind a possible factor.

As the FAA filed it

DIFFICULTY ON ENGINE START. CAUSED WET START AND ENGINE FIRE. FIRE PUT OUT. TAILWIND A POSSIBLE FACTOR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.