# Incident 19911207061619I: Airbus A310324, Covington - Cin, OH, December 7, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1991, 15:51 local time
- Place: Covington - Cin, OH
- Airport: Greater Cincinnati International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.1170° N, 84.3507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1170&lon=-84.3507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310324
- Reported engine: PWA PW4152
- People aboard: 122
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC92IA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92IA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911207061619I

## Narrative

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

NR2 ENGINE REVERSER UNLOCKED ON CLIMBOUT. SHUT DOWN. RETURNED. INTERNAL FAILURE OF REVERSER COMPONENTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC92IA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92IA042), Dec 7, 1991: Airbus Industrie A-310-324 (N819PA), Covington, KY, incident, no damage. Probable cause: THE INSTALLATION OF AN IMPROPER RESTRICTOR IN THE BLEED AIR LINE BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH CAUSED THE RVDT TO FAIL DUE TO HEAT, AND BROUGHT ABOUT THE UNCOMMANDED POWER LOSS.

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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