19781216025429I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Detroit, MI · December 16, 1978

Date: December 16, 1978 · 21:30 local
Place: Detroit, MI
Airport: Metro
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: USA
Aircraft: N942VJ
Reported as: Doug DC9
People aboard: 27
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N942VJRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2013 · Douglas DC-9-31S/N 47057 · Built 1967 Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-31 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1Turbo-jet

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.

When gear was extended for landing,all hydraulic fluid was lost. Necessary to free fall landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR LANDING,ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS LOST. NECESSARY TO FREE FALL LANDING GEAR.

Other reports on N942VJ · 2

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

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