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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · New Orleans, LA · March 18, 1994

Date
March 18, 1994 · 08:10 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N962N
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9
People aboard
105
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total8,300 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: the pilot stated that after departing msy and while climbing through 5,500 feet MSL, the left engine fire light illuminated. The pilot declared an emergency and landed the aircraft at msy without incident. There was not an indication of actual fire.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTING MSY AND WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 5,500 FEET MSL, THE LEFT ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT MSY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS NOT AN INDICATION OF ACTUAL FIRE.

Other reports on N962N · 3

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