# Incident 20001218025149I: Doug DC983, Billings, MT, December 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2000, 03:45 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9413T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9413T-2013-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- Pilot flight hours: 19,252 total, 3,242 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001218025149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C OPERATING WITH RIGHT GENERATOR ON MEL, USING APU AND LEFT GENERATORS. FLIGHT CREW REPORT: AT CRUISE, FL330, THE APU GENERATOR TRIPPED OFF LINE AND COULD NOT BE RESET. THE LEFT GENERATOR BECAME ERRATIC AND FAILED TO PICK UP THE LOAD, FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT GENERATOR BUS ON AND OFF RAPIDLY, THEN COMPLETELY DROPPING OFF LINE. NO COMBINATION OF GENERATOR SWITCHING WOULD RESTORE MORE THAN EMERGENCY AC/DC BUSSES. THE APU CONTINUED TO RUN, NO GENERATOR WOULD MAINTAIN ANY LOAD. THE CREW PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DIVERTED TO BILLINGS MONTANA WHERE IT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. CRASH FIRE RESCUE (CFR) WAS STANDING BY. THE A/C TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER.

## Other reports on N9413T (1)

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

- [Incident 20010712016619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010712016619I), Jul 12, 2001: Doug DC983 (N9413T), Knob Noster, MO, Minor damage. (-23) During cruise flight, the aircraft experienced a sudden vibration along with the #1 engine surging and smoke in the cockpit. The flight crew declared an…

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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