# Incident 19960617025169I: Doug DC981, El Paso, TX, June 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1996, 12:45 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A4JA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818SJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC981
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,400 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960617025169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 17, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 MDT, SUNJET FLIGHT 610, A DC-9-81, ENROUTE FROM LONG BEACH, CA. TO DALLAS/FT.WORTH, DIVERTED TO EL PASO, TX DUE TO AN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM. THE CREW REPORTED THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AT WHICH TIME THEY ACCOMPLISHED THE ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHECK LIST. THE LIGHT WENT OUT THEN CAME ON AGAIN PROMPTING THE CREW TO AGAIN FOLLOW THE ABNORMAL CHECK LIST AND DIVERT INTO EL PASO. OIL PRESSURE WAS NOT LOST WHEN THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON EITHER OCCASION. THE MAINTENANCE POST LANDING INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED METAL IN THE SCREEN. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO RETURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

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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