19871216075279I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC934 · St Louis, MO · December 16, 1987

Date
December 16, 1987 · 08:50 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N928L
Reported as
Doug DC934
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
38
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.

Difference in fuel flow in climb. Suspected leak. Shut down engine and returned. No leak. Changed flow transmitter.

As the FAA filed it

DIFFERENCE IN FUEL FLOW IN CLIMB. SUSPECTED LEAK. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND RETURNED. NO LEAK. CHANGED FLOW TRANSMITTER.