# Incident 19880903050869I: Doug DC981, San Francisco, CA, September 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1988, 18:28 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N806US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N806US-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC981
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- People aboard: 37
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880903050869I

## Narrative

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

ADVISED LEFT ENGINE HAD HOLE IN COWLING. TAXIED BACK TO GATE. HOLE HAD BURNED FROM A CRACK IN A DUCT.

## Other reports on N806US (3)

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

- [Incident 19950815035059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950815035059I), Aug 15, 1995: Doug DC981 (N806US), Charleston, SC, Minor damage. NR4 tire blew during landing rollout. Damage wheel well and inboard flap. Indicates blew on hard landing.
- [Incident 19950622019049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950622019049I), Jun 22, 1995: Doug DC981 (N806US), Myrtle Beach, SC. Lost power right engine on takeoff roll. Aborted. Found contained turbine failure. Replaced engine.
- [Incident 19901009059099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901009059099I), Oct 9, 1990: Doug DC981 (N806US), Buffalo, NY. Epr dropped to zero on right engine. Shut down and landed. Metal in exhaust duct and oil screen.

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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