# Incident 19910303010859I: Dhav DHC8102, Bakersfield, CA, March 3, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1991, 12:47 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801AW-1993-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- Reported engine: PWA PW120A
- People aboard: 35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 30 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910303010859I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE EEC WARNING AND LOSS OF TORQUE. SECURED AND DIVERTED. REPLACED ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL UNIT.

## Other reports on N801AW (1)

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

- [Incident 19871101066219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871101066219I), Nov 1, 1987: Dhav DHC8102 (N801AW), Grand Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. The airliner struck a deer on the runway during landing.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.