# Incident 19780105001379I: Doug DC931, Buffalo, NY, January 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1978, 10:15 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N942VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N942VJ-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 26
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780105001379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WING TIP OF TAXIING AIRCRAFT STRUCK WINGTIP OF PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N942VJ (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820927052779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820927052779I), Sep 27, 1982: Doug DC931 (N942VJ), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Aircraft hit a deer on takeoff. Executed a low pass to confirm all gear down. Impact damaged gear, flaps and engine
- [Incident 19781216025429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216025429I), Dec 16, 1978: Doug DC9 (N942VJ), Detroit, MI. When gear was extended for landing,all hydraulic fluid was lost. Necessary to free fall landing gear.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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