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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Memphis, TN · March 12, 1987

Date
March 12, 1987 · 20:45 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N926RC
Reported as
Doug DC932
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7
People aboard
72
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Fire warning on left engine on takeoff. Light went out with reduced thrust. Returned. 13 stage duct was split.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE WARNING ON LEFT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. LIGHT WENT OUT WITH REDUCED THRUST. RETURNED. 13 STAGE DUCT WAS SPLIT.