# Incident 20170319012909I: Douglas DC-9-83, Vandalia, OH, March 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2017, 11:35 local time
- Place: Vandalia, OH
- Airport: Dayton International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WX0A
- Location: 39.9025° N, 84.2219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9025&lon=-84.2219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N881GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N881GA-2025-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-83 (registry code 3020305, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 (registry code 51694, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-219) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-9-83
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG17IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG17IA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170319012909I

## Narrative

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

RT ENGINE FAILURE FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FIRE @ 14000' 280KTS. FIRE WOULD NOT EXTINGUISH. USED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES. REMOVED AND REPLACED RIGHT ENGINE AND FAILED PARTS CSD AND GENERATOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ENG17IA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG17IA017), Mar 19, 2017: Douglas DC 9 83 (N881GA), Dayton, OH, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of the No. 2 (right) engine fire was an uncontained generator failure. Deformed rotating generator components and/or metal fragments radially released by the generator severed the…

## Other reports on N881GA (1)

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

- [Incident 20160201003549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160201003549I), Feb 1, 2016: Douglas DC-9-83 (N881GA), Grand Island, NE, No damage. Approximately five minutes after reaching FL 360, cabin altitude master warning illuminated. Emergency descent. Cabin lost pressurization. Oxygen masks…

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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