# Incident 19930618019579I: Doug DC982, Savannah, GA, June 18, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1993, 13:44 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.1466° N, 81.1560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1466&lon=-81.1560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N467AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N467AA-2017-12-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,841 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93IA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93IA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930618019579I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE PROBLEM ON CLIMB. RETURNED. CRASH CREW ADVISED PILOT OF EVIDENCE OF FIRE TO LEFT ENGINE. EVACUATED BY SLIDE.

## 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 ATL93IA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93IA113), Jun 18, 1993: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (N467AA), Savannah, GA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: LEAKAGE OF THE NUMBER 7 FUEL NOZZLE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN FLIGHT ENGINE FIRE.

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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