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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Chicago, IL · May 29, 1991

Date
May 29, 1991 · 09:02 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago Midway
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MIDA
Aircraft
N972ML
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7
People aboard
56
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,300 total1,800 in this make and model180 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.

NR2 engine fire warning after departure. Secured and returned. False alarm due to faulty loop connector.

As the FAA filed it

NR2 ENGINE FIRE WARNING AFTER DEPARTURE. SECURED AND RETURNED. FALSE ALARM DUE TO FAULTY LOOP CONNECTOR.