# Incident 19830429020039I: Doug DC9, Boston, MA, April 29, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1983, 08:22 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8919E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8919E-1994-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- 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/19830429020039I

## Narrative

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

#1 ENGINE THROTTLE STUCK IN FORWARD THRUST POSITION. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FOUND A NUT LODGED IN OUTER CROSSOVER SHAFT.

## Other reports on N8919E (4)

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

- [Incident 19810528043149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810528043149I), May 28, 1981: Doug DC931 (N8919E), TX. Airconditioning packs malfunctioned at 33000 ft. lost pressurization and oxygen masks deployed. Cause undetermined.
- [Incident 19810202006829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810202006829I), Feb 2, 1981: Doug DC9 (N8919E), S Windsor Locks, CN. On descent could not lower loading edge slats. Leading slat selector valve malfunction.
- [Incident 19790403012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790403012509I), Apr 3, 1979: Doug DC9 (N8919E), Boston, MA. Aircraft returned with a cargo door warning light on. Door was reclosed, light went out.
- [Incident 19781123025709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781123025709I), Nov 23, 1978: Doug DC9 (N8919E), Boston, MA. Flight returned when wing deice overheat warning light came on.

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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