# Incident 19970410017259I: Doug MD88, Milwaukee, WI, April 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1997, 19:45 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701ME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD88
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D219
- People aboard: 114
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,932 total, 7,199 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410017259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 10, 1997, AT 1745 CST A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-88, N701ME DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MITCHEL FIELD AFTER EXPERIENCING FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE FLIGHT CREW, CABIN CREW AND 112 PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT BY MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES INC., UNDER 14 CFR PART 121 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MILWAUKEE, WI AT 1745 CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE CALLED OUT AND AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. TURBINE FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE ORIGINATING AT THE SECOND STAGE TURBINE AREA. FOLLOW UP OF THE CAUSE WILL BE DONE BY THE CHDO PENDING ENGINE TEAR DOWN AND INSPECTION.

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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