19891217063969I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Great Falls, MT · December 17, 1989

Date
December 17, 1989 · 21:21 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N963N
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9
People aboard
2
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 engine did not accelerate properly on takeoff. Aborted. Suspect surge valve did not close fully.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. SUSPECT SURGE VALVE DID NOT CLOSE FULLY.

Other reports on N963N · 8

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