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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC931 · Boston, MA · June 22, 1978

Date
June 22, 1978 · 19:43 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EAL
Aircraft
N8952
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
96
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A broken wire in the left down lock switch caused the left main gear light to flicker. Landed and taxied in.

As the FAA filed it

A BROKEN WIRE IN THE LEFT DOWN LOCK SWITCH CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LIGHT TO FLICKER. LANDED AND TAXIED IN.