# Incident 20010427012479I: Doug DC915, Kansas City, MO, April 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300ME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010427012479I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 27, 2001, MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINE (MWEA), FLIGHT MEP793, A DC-9, WAS ENROUTE FROM ATL TO MCI AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A SHUT DOWN OF NUMBER 2 ENGINE. EMERGENCY FIRE AND RESCUE WERE ON STANDBY.  DURING CRUISE, THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE UN-SPOOLED TO 75% AND THE PILOT PERFORMED AN UNCOMMANDED ENGINE POWER FAILURE CHECK.  AT APPROXIMATELY 9 MINUTES OUT FROM MCI THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE AND MADE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING.  THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE MAINTAINED OIL PRESSURE AT 10 PSI AFTER SHUTDOWN.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM MWEA PERFORMED TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES AND DISCOVERED THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE FUEL PUMP SHAFT HAD SHEARED.  THE FUEL PUMP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND A WINDMILL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT NUMBER CE052001IAC0035 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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