# Incident 19781216025429I: Doug DC9, Detroit, MI, December 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1978, 21:30 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USA
- 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: 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 DC9
- People aboard: 27
- 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/19781216025429I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [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 19780105001379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780105001379I), Jan 5, 1978: Doug DC931 (N942VJ), Buffalo, NY, Minor damage. Wing tip of taxiing aircraft struck wingtip of parked aircraft.

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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