# NTSB CHI83IA228: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40, N154US, Clarion, PA, May 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1983, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Clarion, PA
- Location: 41.2094° N, 79.3801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarion, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2094&lon=-79.3801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 151 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83IA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83IA228

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly - overtemperature (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N154US-2001-11-26), registration cancelled 2001-11-26, S/N 46763, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10-40
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-10-40](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-10-40) (registry code 3023508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (registry code 52050, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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)

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 DCA88IA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88IA044), Mar 30, 1988: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-40 (N154US), Boston, MA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE BATTERY GROUND CONNECTION THAT RESULTED IN PREMATURE LOOSENING OF THE CONNECTION AND ELECTRICAL ARC IGNITION OF POOLED FUEL IN THE CAC BILGE. THE FUEL WAS NOT DRAINED…

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.

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