# Incident 19920923041929I: Doug DC1010, San Francisco, CA, September 23, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1992, 09:28 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 37.6103° N, 122.3795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6103&lon=-122.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1845U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1010
- Reported engine: GE CF66D
- People aboard: 235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,692 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92IA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92IA397) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920923041929I

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE POWER ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF NR1 ENGINE COMPRESSOR SECTION.

## 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 LAX92IA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92IA397), Sep 23, 1992: Mcdonnell Douglas DC 10-10 (N1845U), San Francisco, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A FRACTURED COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY.

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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