# Incident 19940318014539I: Doug DC931, New Orleans, LA, March 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1994, 08:10 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962N-2008-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 8,300 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318014539I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20020622019259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622019259I), Jun 22, 2002: Doug DC931 (N962N), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Saturday, June 22, 2002, during a flight from hpn to dtw, the number one engine oil temperature moved into the yellow range for more than 15 minutes…
- [Incident 19970202010679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970202010679I), Feb 2, 1997: Doug DC931 (N962N), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02/02/97 at 2106 CST, a DC-9 N962N, with a crew of 6 and 93 pax, operated by northwest airlines and flown by capt. grover n. stein, lost…
- [Incident 19801210087409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801210087409I), Dec 10, 1980: Doug DC9 (N962N), New Orleans, LA. Slat disagreement light came on due to moisture in the switch.

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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