19790104002889I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Buffalo, NY · January 4, 1979

Date: January 4, 1979 · 09:30 local
Place: Buffalo, NY
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: USA
Aircraft: N971VJ
Reported as: Doug DC931
People aboard: 91
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N971VJRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2003 · Douglas DC-9-31S/N 47051 · Built 1967 Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-31 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-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.

Got unsafe light when gear was lowered due to defective bulb.

As the FAA filed it

GOT UNSAFE LIGHT WHEN GEAR WAS LOWERED DUE TO DEFECTIVE BULB.

Other reports on N971VJ · 5

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

Incident 19950323009139IStarting Engines · Minneapolis, MNNarrative: upon startup of #1 engine experienced an exhaust pipe fire. Pilots received radio report of fire from ground control or possibly another aircraft. Fire equipment arrived and started unrolling hoses. Fire put itself out. Pilots seeing firemen…Mar 23, 1995 · Minor damage · 3 fatal Incident 19791209047839IForced/Precautionary Landing · West Palm Beach, FLRight engine fire warning after takeoff. Found burn through hole from burner can to fan air duct.Dec 9, 1979 Incident 19790719022409IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Pittsburgh, PALost oil pressure and shut down engine. Engine changed.Jul 19, 1979 Incident 19790208005479INormal Cruise · Pittsburgh, PAFlight attendant was burned while removing coffee maker.Feb 8, 1979 Incident 19790108001429IClimb · Pittsburgh, PAUnable to pressurize aircraft when gear was retracted. Ground shift mechanism was frozen.Jan 8, 1979