# Incident 19980120004569I: Doug DC1030, Baltimore, MD, January 20, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1998, 18:20 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WRLA
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117WA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1030
- People aboard: 315
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 17,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980120004569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BWI AIRPORT ENROUTE TO EDAF. FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED TO RETURN TO BWI, DUE TO A PASSENGER MEDICAL EMERGENCY. TO MEET LANDING WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, CREW JETTISONED APPROXIMATELY 93,000 LBS OF FUEL. AT OR NEAR 12,000 FEET, CREW TERMINATED FUEL DUMP. CREW NOTED LEFT HAND FUEL DUMP VALVE REMAINED OPEN AFTER SELECTING FUEL DUMP VALVES TO THE CLOSED POSITION. CREW STATED THAT THEY FOLLOWED APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS, BUT APPARENTLY FUEL CONTINUED TO BE DUMPED ACCORDING TO WITNESSES RIGHT UP THROUGH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING, FLIGHT ENGINEER - PAUL M. LANNING, 1657940 DOMICILE 19113.

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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