# Incident 19780510032979I: Doug DC9, Detroit, MI, May 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1978, 02:29 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N953N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N953N-2013-03-20) (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: 22
- 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/19780510032979I

## Narrative

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

TAIL COMPARTMENT TEMP HI LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. FOUND RUPTURED GASKET ON THE LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PACK SENSOR

## Other reports on N953N (3)

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

- [Incident 19860111004709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860111004709I), Jan 11, 1986: Doug DC931 (N953N), Memphis, TN. Compressor stall on rotation. Engine shutdown with flame noted by others. Safe landing. Retread from tire ingested.
- [Incident 19811108081859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811108081859I), Nov 8, 1981: Doug DC931 (N953N), Madison, WI, Minor damage. Pilot taxied aircraft in a manner that allowed the left wing tip to strike the terminal building.
- [Incident 19810219011559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810219011559I), Feb 19, 1981: Doug DC931 (N953N), Traverse City, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft struck runway light and broke it. Tire track for left main gear was off to side of runway.

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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