# Incident 20150922018089I: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83), Sacramento, CA, September 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2015, 08:56 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 38.6954° N, 121.5908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO INTL (SMF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6954&lon=-121.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9617R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9617R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-83(MD-83)
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D SERIES
- People aboard: 151
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150922018089I

## Narrative

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

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1218, AN MD-83 AIRCRAFT, N9617R, ABORTED TAKE-OFF DUE TO ILLUMINATION OF ?R OIL STRAINER CLOG? ANNUNCIATOR.  THE AIRCRAFT REDUCED SPEED, EXITED THE RUNWAY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ENGINE RUN-UP ARE WHERE THE FLIGHT CREW PERFORMED A SERIES OF HI-POWER ACCELERATIONS AND DECELERATIONS WITH THE AFFECTED #2 ENGINE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE NOT NOTIFIED, NOR WAS A MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCY MADE IN THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS FOR THIS EVENT.  SINCE THE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND DID NOT ILLUMINATE AGAIN, THE FLIGHT CREW CALLED FOR TAKE-OFF CLEARANCE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AIRFIELD.

AFTER TAKEOFF, CLIMBING THROUGH 15,000?, THE ?R OIL STRAINER CLOG?  ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A SAFE APPROACH TO SMF WITH #2 ENGINE RETARDED TO IDLE, AND RETURNED TO THE GATE AT SMF WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND INSPECTED BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE PROVIDER JETPRO LINE MAINTENANCE.  #2 ENGINE OIL STRAINER WAS REMOVED AND INSPECTED. NO NOTABLE DEBRIS FOUND. DISCREPANCY WAS PLACED ON DEFERRAL IAW MEL PROCEDURES.

AIRCRAFT LATER DEPARTED FOR DFW WITHOUT REPEAT INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL TO DFW,  MCM PROCEDURE 71-91-14 WAS PERFORMED, NO NOTABLE DEFICIENCIES FOUND. SWITCH P/N 42D109-1A  S/N 1988 WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

## Other reports on N9617R (1)

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

- [Accident 20081226856639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081226856639A), Dec 26, 2008: Doug DC983 (N9617R), Los Angeles, CA, Substantial damage. Flight 1350 was pushed back from gate 48B and then being pulled forward to reposition the tractor and towbar onto taxi way C-9, when the towbar jacknifed,…

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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