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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-14 · Omaha, NE · March 29, 1996

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Date: March 29, 1996 · 13:55 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: NWAA
Aircraft: N8908E
Reported as: Doug DC914
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N8908ERegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2013 · Douglas DC-9-14S/N 45749 · Built 1966 Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-14 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1Turbo-jet

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: N8908E, a DC-9-1, was being operated as northwest airlines, inc., as positioning flight 9896 en-route san antonio, TX to minneapolis, MN. The crew received faulty fuel indications en-route and elected to land at Omaha, NE. Contract maintenance replaced the liquid quantity transmitter probe, p/n B1177-3072, and faulty fuel indications again. Company maintenance personnel replaced the liquid quantity compensatory. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N8908E, A DC-9-1, WAS BEING OPERATED AS NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., AS POSITIONING FLIGHT 9896 EN-ROUTE SAN ANTONIO, TX TO MINNEAPOLIS, MN. THE CREW RECEIVED FAULTY FUEL INDICATIONS EN-ROUTE AND ELECTED TO LAND AT OMAHA, NE. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LIQUID QUANTITY TRANSMITTER PROBE, P/N B1177-3072, AND FAULTY FUEL INDICATIONS AGAIN. COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED THE LIQUID QUANTITY COMPENSATORY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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