# Incident 20091118051319I: Mcdonnell D DC-9-87, Wichita, KS, November 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2009, 19:20 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N952MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N952MA-2013-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (registry code 3022087, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-87) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 (registry code 51694, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-219) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL D DC-9-87
- Reported engine: PRATT AND WHITNEY JT8D
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091118051319I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2009 FLIGHT 5813 DEPARTED RUNWAY 19R AND AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET AGL THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE AIRCRAFT MOMENTARILY "LURCHED WITH VERY LITTLE YAW".  THE CREW DID NOT GET A FIRE WARNING INDICATION AND BY THE TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, THEY FOUND THE LEFT ENGINE RPM WAS WINDING DOWN, BUT THE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE WAS APPROACHING 800 DEGREES.  THE CREW SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE AND CONTACTED ICT CONTROL TOWER TO INITIATE A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  THE CREW ACCOMPLISHED THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND SHUT THE FUEL OFF TO THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 19R AT APPROXIMATELY 7:20 PM. AFTER LANDING, THE CREW ELECTED TO COME TO A FULL STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE TOWER THEN NOTIFIED THE CREW THAT IT APPEARED THEY HAD AN ENGINE EXHAUST DUCT FIRE. THE CREW USED BOTH FIRE EXTINGUISHER BOTTLES ON THE LEFT ENGINE.  AND NOTIFIED THE CABIN CREW TO EMERGENCY EVACUATE THE PASSENGERS.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED, THE CREW WAS NOTIFIED THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, AND THE REMAINING PASSENGERS EXITED THROUGH THE MAIN CABIN DOOR, USING PORTABLE STAIRS.PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE (NO.1) THIRD STAGE TURBINE WHEEL AND SUPPORT STRUTS THE FAILURE WAS ENTIRELY CONTAINED INSIDE THE ENGINE.  NO INTAKE FAN DAMAGE WAS FOUND. IT IS SPECULATED THAT THE DAMAGE AND FIRE WERE CAUSED BY INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE.

## Other reports on N952MA (1)

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- [Incident 20080727842109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080727842109I), Jul 27, 2008: Doug DC987 (N952MA), Reno, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Carrier ground crew personnel were in the break room upon aircraft arrival at gate C-11. A fuel truck that was fueling an aircraft at gate C-9 extended…

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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