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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-8-63 · Greensboro, NC · May 16, 1991

Date
May 16, 1991 · 15:00 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Airport
Piedmont Triad International Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ABXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N816AX
Reported as
Doug DC863
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,092 total1,338 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days

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.

While on a test flight engine one and two compressor stalled when recovery power advanced. Pilot recovered.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON A TEST FLIGHT ENGINE ONE AND TWO COMPRESSOR STALLED WHEN RECOVERY POWER ADVANCED. PILOT RECOVERED.