- Date
- May 28, 1983, 08:39 local (15:39 UTC)
- Place
- Luke Afb, AZ
- Injuries
- 86 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N943NDouglas DC-9-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528032339I
- Case key
- 23588
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While descending through 31,600 ft the master caution & the right 'inlet fuel pressure low' lights illuminated. The fuelquantity transfer circuit breaker was found tripped, & when reset the fuel quantity gauges went to zero. An emergency was declared to albuquerque artc center & the flt was vectored to Luke Afb. The right eng flamed out at 24,000 ft & restarted at 10,000 ft. the acft landed at Luke Afb with both engs operating. After both engs were shut down, the APU continued to operate for about 20 min before it shut down due to fuel exhaustion. 4-5/8 gals of fuel remained aboard theacft. The flt had departed phoenix for fresno on 5/27 with 15,000 lbs of fuel. No fuel was added at fresno because the fuel gauges read 15,000 lbs. With the fuel quantity transfer circuit breaker out, the fuel gauges will stay in the position they were in when power is lost; however, the fuel gauges will not test when the press-to-test button on the instrument panel is depressed. No malfunction of the acft's fuel quantity indicating system was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N943N
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47647
- Airframe hours
- 20,465
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 27, 1983 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- FAT · Fresno, CA
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LUF · Luke Afb, runway 3R, 9,910 × 150 ft
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,150 total · 5,650 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUF, 63 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.