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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Windsor Locks, CT · December 17, 1978

Date
December 17, 1978 · 11:24 local
Place
Windsor Locks, CT
Airport
Bradley International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N956VJ
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
37
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.

Pilot got unsafe nose gear indication,alternate system used. Found defective nose gear down lock sensor.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GOT UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION,ALTERNATE SYSTEM USED. FOUND DEFECTIVE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SENSOR.

Other reports on N956VJ · 3

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