Douglas DC-9-31 N943N
28 May 1983 · Luke Afb, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 May 1983 at about 15:39 local time, a Douglas DC-9-31 registered N943N was involved in an incident near Luke Afb, Arizona, United States. 86 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:39
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Luke Afb, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Luke Afb (LUF)
- Coordinates
- 33.5304, -112.3792
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9-31
- Registration
- N943N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fresno → Phoenix
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX83IA257
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
Probable cause
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
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 1983 | Bell 206L-3 | Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States | Grand Canyon Helicopters | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1983 | Taylorcraft BC12D | San Manuel, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 1983 | Boeing D75N1 | Marana, Arizona, United States | James Bradley | No injuries | - |
| 24 Mar 1983 | Cessna 401 | Near Globe, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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