# Incident 19960326021009I: Doug DC932, Fort Smith, AR, March 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1996, 15:11 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302ME-2004-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960326021009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 22, 1996, A DC-9-32, N302ME, FLIGHT #MEP304, MILWAUKEE TO DFW, REPORTED AN ENGINE OUT AND DIVERTED TO FORT SMITH (FSM), AR DECLARED A PRECAUTIONARY EMERGENCY TO ATC, AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE SUBJECT ENGINE WAS SHIPPED TO REPAIR STATION, AND SDR WILL BE SUBMITTED BY OPERATOR AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR INVESTIGATION AND TEAR DOWN INSPECTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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