# Incident 20180730018389I: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87, Hayden Lake, ID, July 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hayden Lake, ID
- Airport: Coeur D'Alene Air Terminal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: O9IG
- Location: 47.7645° N, 116.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayden Lake, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7645&lon=-116.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291EA) (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 DOUGLAS DC-9-87
- Reported engine: P & W JT8D-219
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 7,800 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180730018389I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF, ALL THINGS WERE NORMAL UP THROUGH TAKEOFF POWER BEING APPLIED AND NORMAL ACCELERATION.  AT APPROXIMATELY V1 THERE WAS A SOUND FROM THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOR THE NEXT SECOND OR TWO IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR TO CREW AS TO WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, AND ULTIMATELY THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE THE TAKEOFF.  MOMENTS LATER, WARNING LIGHTS AND ENGINE GAUGES CONFIRMED LOSS OF POWER ON THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON ONE ENGINE, THEN THE CREW ENTERED INTO A WIDE PATTERN TO WORK THROUGH CHECKLISTS, AND EXECUTE APPROPRIATE CRM TO FINALIZE DECISIONS ON BEST COURSE OF ACTION.  CREW ANNOUNCED THEY HAD LOST AN ENGINE AND WERE RETURNING TO LAND AT KCOE RUNWAY 5.  AIRCRAFT WAS FULLY CONTROLLABLE AND FLYABLE, AS EXPECTED PER SINGLE ENGINE PERFORMANCE DATA, THE WEATHER WAS GOOD VFR, AND THE AIRCRAFT COULD LAND ?LOADED? WITH RETARDANT, BUT THE CREW DECIDED IT WOULD BE SAFER TO JETTISON THE RETARDANT LOAD, ADDING ADDITIONAL MARGIN OF SAFETY THAT COMES FROM THE LOWER LANDING WEIGHT AND CONSEQUENT LOWER VREF SPEEDS.  THE CREW WIDENED OUT THE PATTERN AND JETTISONED THE RETARDANT LOAD FROM A HIGH LEVEL (MUCH HIGHER THAN A NORMAL ?DROP? LEVEL) ON AN UNPOPULATED CLEAR CUT AREA SO THAT THE RETARDANT WOULD DISPERSE IN THE AIR, THEN RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY TO LAND UNEVENTFULLY.

THE FULLY CONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN ONLY ENGINE DEBRIS EXITING FROM THE TAIL PIPE, BUT SOME OF THAT DEBRIS WAS THE LIKELY CAUSE FOR SEVERAL SMALL GRASS FIRES AROUND THE AIRPORT, IN THE EXTREMELY DRY/HOT CONDITIONS THERE.

## Other reports on N291EA (1)

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

- [Incident 20150913019719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150913019719I), Sep 13, 2015: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (N291EA), Fresno, CA, No damage. Aircraft departed fat RWY29R on a public use fire mission for the united states forest service (usfs). After departure, the pilot reported that he had lost…

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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