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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC951 · Madison, WI · April 29, 1988

Date
April 29, 1988 · 13:20 local
Place
Madison, WI
Airport
Dane County Regional- Truax Fe
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
NR703
Reported as
Doug DC951
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D17
People aboard
101
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total8,000 in this make and model75 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.

Noticed oil loss on left engine. Shut down and diverted. Loose sleeve around gearbox oil strainer caused a leak.

As the FAA filed it

NOTICED OIL LOSS ON LEFT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN AND DIVERTED. LOOSE SLEEVE AROUND GEARBOX OIL STRAINER CAUSED A LEAK.