# Incident 19870325016579I: Doug DC932, Memphis, TN, March 25, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1987, 10:30 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3991C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3991C-2008-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870325016579I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN TO COMPRESSOR STALL ON CLIMB. AIRCRAFT RETURNED SAFELY. ENGINE WAS CHANGED.

## Other reports on N3991C (2)

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

- [Incident 20010504007559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010504007559I), May 4, 2001: Doug DC932 (N3991C), Pittsburgh, PA. On 05-04-01, nwaa flight #1488, at approximately 2305, local time,reported electrical problems while landing on runway 10L, at pit. Further investigation…
- [Incident 19990307017809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990307017809I), Mar 7, 1999: Doug DC932 (N3991C), Bozeman, MT. On March 7, 1999, northwest airlines, flight 1265, minneapolis, Minnesota to Bozeman, Montana with 69 passengers aboard, a DC-9, slide off runway 12 at Bozeman…

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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