38.8951° N, 77.0364° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 28, 1983 · 21:08 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles Int'L
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N8081U
Reported as
Doug DC861
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT3D*
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.
Engine flameout. Shot fire bottle on NR1 engine. Found metal on rear scavenge chip detector and strainer.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FLAMEOUT. SHOT FIRE BOTTLE ON NR1 ENGINE. FOUND METAL ON REAR SCAVENGE CHIP DETECTOR AND STRAINER.