Incident · 1991-07-13
What the record says
- Event date
- 1991-07-13
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-10-10 (N111AA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- AMERICAN AIRLINES
Probable cause
THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE'S FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM, SYSTRON DONNER FIRE DETECTOR.
Source: NTSB case LAX91IA308Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.