# Incident 19970318010279I: Doug DC9, Houston, TX, March 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1997, 13:36 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.9909° N, 95.3498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9909&lon=-95.3498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12508 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970318010279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: JUST AFTER ROTATION, THE CREW HEARD AND FELT A SOUND SIMILAR TO A COMPRESSOR STALL. AIRCRAFT YAWED AND NO. 2 ENGINE READING DROPPED WITH NO SPIKING OF EGT, N1 OR N2 INDICATIONS. THE CREW STATED THERE WAS NO FIRE WARNING INDICATION, AND NO. 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS INOPERABLE. AFTER LANDING AND STOPPING ON RUNWAY 27, THE CREW WAS NOTIFIED BY THE FIRE CAPTAIN THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE NO. 2 ENGINE. AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED ON THE ENGINE BY CONTINENTAL PROPULSION ENGINEERING, NTSB, AND FAA. THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION/INVESTIGATION ARE STILL PENDING FROM THE NTSB.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA128), Mar 18, 1997: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (N12508), Houston, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of company maintenance personnel to perform a proper inspection of the combustion chamber outer case, thus allowing a detectable crack to grow to a length at which the case ruptured.

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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