From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
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(-23) Continental airlines flight 309 enroute from cleveland, OH. To san francisco, CA. Diverted into Omaha, NE. The crew shut the engine down and landed at Omaha, after the number two (right) engine oil quantity at cruise (FL390) went to zero, and the oil pressure started to fluctuate. Contract maintenance changed the starter/generator which had failed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) CONTINENTAL AIRLINES FLIGHT 309 ENROUTE FROM CLEVELAND, OH. TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA. DIVERTED INTO OMAHA, NE. THE CREW SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND LANDED AT OMAHA, AFTER THE NUMBER TWO (RIGHT) ENGINE OIL QUANTITY AT CRUISE (FL390) WENT TO ZERO, AND THE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO FLUCTUATE. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHANGED THE STARTER/GENERATOR WHICH HAD FAILED.
Other reports on N14704 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.