# Incident 19911018052179I: Doug DC8F54, Las Vegas, NV, October 18, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1991, 18:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TCAA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8041U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8041U-2016-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8F-54 (registry code 3021926, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8f-54) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B (registry code 52039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC8F54
- Reported engine: PWA JT3D*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911018052179I

## Narrative

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

NR1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. ENGINE TAIL CONE PARTS FOUND ON RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8041U (3)

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

- [Incident 19950815029199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950815029199I), Aug 15, 1995: Doug DC8F54 (N8041U), Rochester, NY. On climbout catastrophic failure of NR1 engine. Returned. Found destroyed fan blades. Engine was destroyed.
- [Incident 19930114001609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930114001609I), Jan 14, 1993: Doug DC8F54 (N8041U), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. NR4 engine shut down on climb. Returned. Landed safely. Engine had a turbine failure.
- [Incident 19920707026989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920707026989I), Jul 7, 1992: Doug DC8F54 (N8041U), Kansas City, MO. NR2 engine low oil pressure light on. Shut engine down. Landed safely. Found metal in NR2 engine oil screen.

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.

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