# Incident 19850329020259I: Doug DC982, Houston, TX, March 29, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1985, 19:05 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MACA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N935MC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- People aboard: 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850329020259I

## Narrative

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

LOUD EXPLOSION AND ARTS FIRED AFTER LIFTOFF. RETURNED FOR LANDING. TURBINE FAILURE ENGINE REPLACED.

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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