45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 9, 1988 · 07:34 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N319DC
Reported as
Boeing 737*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
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.
After takeoff, oil bypass light on right engine. Shut down and returned. Replaced oil and filter.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER TAKEOFF, OIL BYPASS LIGHT ON RIGHT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED. REPLACED OIL AND FILTER.