38.8951° N, 77.0364° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 28, 1993 · 07:46 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Washington National
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N977VJ
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9A
People aboard
47
Fatal injuries
0
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.
Oil pressure went off scale hot. Shut NR1 engine down. Returned landed safely. Suspect engine over serviced.
As the FAA filed it
OIL PRESSURE WENT OFF SCALE HOT. SHUT NR1 ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED LANDED SAFELY. SUSPECT ENGINE OVER SERVICED.