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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Des Moines, IA · August 15, 1987

Date
August 15, 1987 · 10:15 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Des Moines International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MIDA
Aircraft
N932ML
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
35
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total120 in this make and model120 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.

The engine was shut down when oil pressure was lost. The fuel pump garlock seal appears to have leaked.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN OIL PRESSURE WAS LOST. THE FUEL PUMP GARLOCK SEAL APPEARS TO HAVE LEAKED.