- Date
- May 26, 1983, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place
- Clarion, PA
- Injuries
- 151 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N154USMcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12047
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During descent in turbulence the crew noted all 3 engines were overtempting and experiencing compressor stalls. Attemptsto reduce throttles did not reduce the temperatures. No 183 engines were shut down. During diversion to a close airport the engines were restarted an a landing was made without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N154US
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W JT9D, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc., doing business as Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphi, PA
- Destination
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Observed at
- CLE, 105 nm away
Other investigations on N154US · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.