# Incident 19891212065299I: Cvac STCAPJC, Memphis, TN, December 12, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1989, 13:26 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SPAA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73153, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73153-1999-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340-31 (registry code 2422804, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891212065299I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING. FIRED BOTTLES AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. HAD FALSE FIRE WARNING.

## Other reports on N73153 (3)

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

- [Incident 19940629027329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940629027329I), Jun 29, 1994: Cvac 34031 (N73153), Grand Canyon, AZ. Landed with nose gear not fully centered. Stopped on edge of runway. Replaced steering actuator.
- [Incident 19821201065599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821201065599I), Dec 1, 1982: Cvac STCAPJC (N73153), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Gust of wind blew an aircraft maintenance stand onto a taxiway across the path of the aircraft taxiing for takeoff.
- [Incident 19801208085659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801208085659I), Dec 8, 1980: Cvac STCAPJC (N73153), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. After engine start NR2 starter disintegrated causing lower cowling to be thrown into prop.

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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