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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC987 · Chicago, IL · June 14, 1991

Date
June 14, 1991 · 21:20 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago Midway
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MIDA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N802ML
Reported as
Doug DC987
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D219
People aboard
125
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,406 total5,721 in this make and model117 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.

Loud explosion on climb. NR2 engine failed. Returned. Landed safely. Replaced NR2 engine.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD EXPLOSION ON CLIMB. NR2 ENGINE FAILED. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. REPLACED NR2 ENGINE.