- Date
- July 5, 1982, 13:34 local (19:34 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 84 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N919RWDouglas DC-9-31
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69997
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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
After a gate delay to load late passengers, the flight was cleared for takeoff on runway 28L. About 4 seconds after rotation speed was called, the stickshaker activated and the takeoff was aborted. A readout of the CVR indicated that the thrust reversers were deployed 11 seconds later. The aircraft was brought to a stop in the dirt overrun about 50' past the end of the runway. Only minor damage was sustained by the aircraft and there were no injuries. The aircraft had been placarded for an inoperative anti-skid system prior to its departure from seattle, WA. Investigation revealed that the right flap position transmitter had malfunctioned due to corrosion. A malfunction of either flap position transmitter can send an erroneous flap setting signal to the stall warning computer which, in turn, will activate the stickshaker/stall warning system at incorrect airspeeds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N919RW
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47162
- Airframe hours
- 40,663
- Engine
- P & W JT8D-9, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Republic Airlines West, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines West, Inc.
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOI · Boise Air Terminal, runway 28L, 9,763 × 190 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16,700 total · 6,500 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Temperature
- 153 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOI