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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC981 · Richmond, VA · November 8, 1996

Date: November 8, 1996 · 08:09 local
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: USAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N801US
Reported as: Doug DC981
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D217
People aboard: 37
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,962 total1,565 in this make and model169 in the last 90 days

N801USRegistration cancelled Apr 13, 2017 · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81)S/N 48037 · Built 1980 Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-81(MD-81)Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-jet

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: 11/08/96, 08:49 local, us air flight 1758 inbound into ric developed a right engine vibration. The flight crew pulled the power back to idle, aircraft landed on runway 16 without event. The engine was shut down and the aircraft taxied to the ramp. Us air maintenance personnel inspected the engine and found a rear turbine failure (contained). The engine was replaced at Richmond, NTSB notified. Pmi was notified that the engine only had 180 hours/tso (time since overhaul) prior to this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: 11/08/96, 08:49 LOCAL, US AIR FLIGHT 1758 INBOUND INTO RIC DEVELOPED A RIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION. THE FLIGHT CREW PULLED THE POWER BACK TO IDLE, AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 WITHOUT EVENT. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP. US AIR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND A REAR TURBINE FAILURE (CONTAINED). THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT RICHMOND, NTSB NOTIFIED. PMI WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE ENGINE ONLY HAD 180 HOURS/TSO (TIME SINCE OVERHAUL) PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.