# Incident 19970314009129I: Doug DC982, El Paso, TX, March 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1997, 11:15 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N14816, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14816-2006-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970314009129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 14, 1997, CONTINENETAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 148, A MD-80 WAS ENROUTE FROM LOS ANGELES, CA (LAX) TO HOUSTON, TX. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR OUT OF LAX THE OIL QUANTITY GAGE FOR THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE INDICATED THE OIL QUANTITY WAS DROPPING. THE CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE ENGINE OIL QUANTITY LOSS ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHECK LIST THEN CONTINUED TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. THERE WAS ANOTHER LOSS OF OIL ACCOMPANIED WITH A RISE IN THE OIL TEMPERATURE GAGE AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED INTO EL PASO, TX. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN OIL LEAK BY THE FCU. THE FCU WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. FILE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N14816 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930426010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930426010599A), Apr 26, 1993: Doug DC982 (N14816), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Indicates wind shear on short final. High sink. Power and rotation not effective. Struck tail on hard landing.

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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