# Incident 20050810020289I: Doug DC873F, Houston, TX, August 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2005, 18:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DHLA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801DH-2017-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-73F (registry code 302199F, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC873F
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,381 total, 1,947 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050810020289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) COMM CNTR NOTIFIED THE DUTY ACCIDENT ASI AT APPROX. 1830L THAT A DHL, DC-8, REG. NO. N801DH, HAD LOST POWER ON THE #1 ENGINE AND UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT L/H MLG BRAKES OVER HEATED, AND SEIZED, CAUSING THE TIRES TO BLOW. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED AT THE WEST END OF RUNWAY 26L. THE IAH EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM HAD EXTINGUISHED THE BRAKE FIRE, AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAD STARTED WORK TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE ACTIVE AS THE ASI ARRIVED AT APPROX. 1915L. THE #1 ENGINE AND LMLG WERE INSPECTED, NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE ENGINE. THE CREW WAS INTERVIEWED AND A BRIEF WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS TAKEN. THE CREW REMARKED THAT THE ENGINE POWER ON THE #1 ENGINE CONTINUED TO DECAY AFTER A POWER REDUCTION SETTING BY THE CAPT. AND THAT THE ELECTRICAL LOAD HAD NOT BEEN PICKED UP BY THE OTHER ENGINES. THEY SAID THEY EXPECTED A POSSIBLE LOSS OF ANTI-SKID PROTECTION BECAUSE OF THE ELECT. PROBLEM, SO THEY BRIEFED FOR IT, AND THE ENGINE PROBLEM, FOR LANDING. THE ENGINE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP, BRAKES AND TIRES WERE REPLACED, ANTI-SKID AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RETURNED TO NORMAL OPS WITH ENGINE REPAIR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST.

## Other reports on N801DH (1)

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

- [Incident 20041013030169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041013030169I), Oct 13, 2004: Doug DC873F (N801DH), Wichita, KS. (-23) On October 13, 2004, dhs astar air cargo inc. flight no. 102, while in cruise phase of flight after departing sfo to cvg declared an emergency due to a…

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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