# Incident 19960714024279I: Doug DC981, Pittsburgh, PA, July 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1996, 21:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N809US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N809US-2003-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81) (registry code 3022081, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-81-md-81) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC981
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- People aboard: 146
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,423 total, 32 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714024279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INBOUND TO PIT AT 5000 FT., CREW HEARD A LOUD THUMP NOISE FROM RIGHT FUSELAGE AREA. NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS NOTICED UNTIL 1000 FEET. AFTER SETTING POWER FOR FINAL APPROACH, THE RIGHT ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO POWER INPUT. BY THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS PASSING THRU 500 FEET AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED. AFTER TAXI AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY, CREW NOTICED EGT RISING, AND SHUT DOWN RIGHT ENGINE WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. AN HOUR LATER, THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER WAS NOTIFIED THAT SOMEONE IN BETHEL PARK HAD FOUND TURBINE BLADES AND WERE RETURNING SAME, THRU BETHEL PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT. THE FAILURE OF THE 4TH STAGE LOW PRESSURE TURBINE BLADE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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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