# Incident 19970312009019I: Doug DC9, Kansas City, MO, March 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1997, 22:46 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ABXA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979AX-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-41 (registry code 302207P, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970312009019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ITEM: AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL (MCI) JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF DUE TO REPORTED SPARKS, FROM NUMBER ONE ENGINE, BY TOWER AND AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH. DETAILS: NUMBER ONE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON, AIRCRAFT N979AX, AT MCI BY AIRBORNE EXPRESS MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. ENGINE REMOVED FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION, FOUR QUARTS IN THREE HOURS. ENGINE INSTALLED HAD JUST BEEN OVERHAULED FOR STAGE THREE MODIFICATION. AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE TOWER AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH REPORTED SPARKS COMING OUT OF NUMBER ONE ENGINE. CREW DID NOT SEE ANY UNUSUAL INDICATIONS ON INSTRUMENTS AND DID NOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH EQUIPMENT STANDING BY; HOWEVER, AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FINDINGS: MAINTENANCE BORESCOPED THE ENGINE AT MCI AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. AFTER AN ENGINE GROUND RUN, THE WRITE-UP WAS CLEARED AND AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR FLIGHT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MCI ON 13 MARCH AT 1300 FOR WILMINGTON, OHIO (ILN). THE ENGINE OPERATED WITHOUT REPEAT OF SPARKING. MAINTENANCE AT ILN AIRBORNE EXPRESS, PERFORMED FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS WITH NO FINDINGS AND RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO NORMAL LINE SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT (CE97ICM0049) IS CONSIDERED 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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