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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-10-40 · Bangor, ME · August 7, 1989

Date
August 7, 1989 · 14:40 local
Place
Bangor, ME
Airport
Bangor International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N153US
Reported as
Doug DC1040
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
242
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.

Fuel problems with NR2 engine. Shut engine down. Diverted to Bangor. Found broken fuel line to guide vane actuator.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL PROBLEMS WITH NR2 ENGINE. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. DIVERTED TO BANGOR. FOUND BROKEN FUEL LINE TO GUIDE VANE ACTUATOR.