19891107055869I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-51 · Louisville, KY · November 7, 1989

Date
November 7, 1989 · 16:05 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Standiford Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N408EA
Reported as
Doug DC951
People aboard
63
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.

Left generator overheat light on. Generator tripped off. Diverted. Constant speed drive was overserviced with oil.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT GENERATOR OVERHEAT LIGHT ON. GENERATOR TRIPPED OFF. DIVERTED. CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE WAS OVERSERVICED WITH OIL.