Douglas DC-9-82 N778JA

Summary

On 11 March 1982 at about 02:53 local time, a Douglas DC-9-82 registered N778JA, operated by Jet America Airlines, was involved in an incident near Long Beach, California, United States. 68 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 March 1982 at 02:53

Classification

Incident

Location

Long Beach, California, United States

Nearest airport

Long Beach/Daughety Field (LGB)

Coordinates

33.8103, -118.1809

Aircraft

Douglas DC-9-82

Registration

N778JA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Jet America Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Long Beach → Chicago

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82IA103

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING ENGINE START, GROUND PERSONNEL REPORTED OVER THE INTERCOM TO THE PILOTS THAT FUEL WAS DRIPPING FROM THE NO. 2 ENGINE AS IT WAS SPOOLING UP AND CALLED FOR CONTINUED MOTORING WITH THE FUEL LEVER OFF. WHEN GROUND PERSONNEL THEN REPORTED A FIRE THE CAPTAIN DISCHARGED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES AND CONTINUED MOTORING THE ENGINE. AIRPORT FIRE CREWS ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO FIRE WARNINGS WERE RECEIVED IN THE COCKPIT, ACCORDING TO BOTH PILOTS. THE ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND NO REASON FOR THE FIRE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.