# Incident 20021125034749I: Doug DC932, Kansas City, MO, November 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2002, 18:31 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N617NW-2008-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 92
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021125034749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOV. 25, 2002 NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLT. 1157 A DC-9, ADVISED A.T.C. OF AN ENGINE PROBLEM AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SPRINGFIELD MO. (SGF) AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, EMERGENCY WAS CANCELLED. LOG BOOK ENTRY INDICATES THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE FUEL HEAT VALVE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND STAYED ON WITHOUT BEING ACTUATED BY THE FLIGHT DECK CREW, PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN WAS PERFORMED. RIGHT ENGINE WINDMILLED FOR APPROX. 15 MINUTES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT FUEL HEAT TIME DELAY RELAY- R2-65 AND RIGHT FUEL HEAT VALVE PER THE DC-9 M/M. GROUND OPS. CHECKED OK. ALSO REPLACED RH ENGINE MAIN OIL FILTER, RAN ENGINE, LEAK CHECKED OK. A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 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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