# Incident 19780505032079I: Doug DC9, Denver, CO, May 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1978, 12:35 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983Z-2013-05-30) (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 DC9
- People aboard: 44
- 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/19780505032079I

## Narrative

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

COMPRESSOR STALL DURING TAKEOFF ROLL DUE TO SLUSH INJESTION. PILOT ABORTED. MISSED TAXIWAY, INTO MUD

## Other reports on N983Z (3)

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

- [Incident 19901222060779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901222060779I), Dec 22, 1990: Doug DC931 (N983Z), Sioux City, IA. Unsafe left gear down warning. Manually extended gear. Landed gear indicator switch.
- [Incident 19891109056059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891109056059I), Nov 9, 1989: Doug DC931 (N983Z), Dayton, OH. Unsafe left main gear indication. Landed safely. Found a faulty left main gear door switch.
- [Incident 19860713056179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860713056179I), Jul 13, 1986: Doug DC931 (N983Z), St Louis, MO. Aborted takeoff due to inability to obtain target epr. Adjustment made to engine trim.

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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