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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC932 · Omaha, NE · October 30, 1997

Date: October 30, 1997 · 16:25 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MWEA
Aircraft: N502ME
Reported as: Doug DC932
People aboard: 69
Fatal injuries: 0

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: N502ME, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32, returned to Omaha, Nebraska after departure due to a fuel leak from the left wing. Company maintenance personnel found the right hand forward boost pump check valve had come apart internally (hat had come off of the stem). The valve was repaired, reassembled, leak checked and returned to service. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: N502ME, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-32, RETURNED TO OMAHA, NEBRASKA AFTER DEPARTURE DUE TO A FUEL LEAK FROM THE LEFT WING. COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE RIGHT HAND FORWARD BOOST PUMP CHECK VALVE HAD COME APART INTERNALLY (HAT HAD COME OFF OF THE STEM). THE VALVE WAS REPAIRED, REASSEMBLED, LEAK CHECKED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.