# Incident 19981201044859I: Doug DC982, Little Rock, AR, December 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1998, 07:40 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7541A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7541A) (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 JT8D217C
- People aboard: 88
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201044859I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON DECEMBER 01, 1998, AT 0740 CST, N7541A, DOUGLAS DC-9-82, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, FOLLOWING POWER FAILURE AND SHUT DOWN OF THE LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS FLIGHT 703 FROM LAG-DFW.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH ARFF EQUIPMENT STANDING BY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.  MAINTENANCE FOUND METAL IN THE MAIN OIL SCREEN.  ENGINE WAS REPLACED.  SOURCE OF METAL IN OIL SCREEN STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N7541A (1)

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

- [Incident 19970516017299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970516017299I), May 16, 1997: Doug DC982 (N7541A), Richmond, VA. Narrative: passenger reported that on may 16, 1997, American airlines flight 1140 from dfw to ric started to fill the cabin with smoke as aircraft approached…

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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