# Incident 20020612038749I: Doug DC982, Atlantic City, NJ, June 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2002, 14:24 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GTIA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803NK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N803NK-2007-04-24) (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 JT8D217A
- People aboard: 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,720 total, 1,550 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020612038749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ACY, CLIMBING THRU FL220, PILOTS FELT A VIBRATION, THEN A SECOND VIBRATION. RIGHT ENGINE EGT CLIMBED RAPIDLY, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE ROLL-BACK. PILOTS SHUT DOWN ENGINE, METHOD UNKNOWN. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND TURNED BACK TO FIELD. LANDED RWY 31 ON ACY. ON ROLLOUT, PILOT/TOWER/CF RADIO TRANSMISSION (ACTUAL RADIO SOURCES NOT CLARIFIED AT THIS TIME) CONCERNED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT ENGINE. A RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE TO EVACUATE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STOPPED AIRCRAFT ON TAXIWAY, INITIATED EMERGENCY EVACUATION (SLIDES DEPLOYED) OUT R-1, L1, AND L2. ALL SLIDES DEPLOYED NORMALLY. ALL SOULS EVACUATED SUCCESSFULLY, BUT THERE WERE SIX MINOR INJURIES (BRUISES, CUT, SPRAIN AND ONE HEART PROBLEM). ALL INJURED PERSON TAKEN TO SHORE MEMORIAL AND MAINLAND HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT AND OBSERVATION. FSDO NOTIFIED NTSB DUE TO EMERGENCY EVACUATION. THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS CONTAINED, BUT APPEARS TO BE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TURBINE BLADES. AIRPORT WAS CLOSED BRIEFLY, BUT REOPENED.

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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