American MD82 near Albuquerque on Jan 11th 2013, generator failure

Last Update: January 11, 2013 / 21:45:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 11, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1868

Aircraft Registration
N480AA

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registration N480AA performing flight AA-1868 from Las Vegas,NV to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA) with 146 people on board, had been dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements with the right hand engine's (JT8D) generator inoperative. The aircraft was enroute at FL330 about 50nm west of Albuquerque,NM when the APU generator failed. The crew diverted the aircraft to Albuquerque for a safe landing on runway 26 about 16 minutes after leaving FL330.

The flight is currently estimated to reach Dallas with a delay of 11 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 11, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-1868

Aircraft Registration
N480AA

ICAO Type Designator
MD82

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