# Incident 19790320010089I: Doug DC931, Pittsburgh, PA, March 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1979, 21:35 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960VJ-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 91
- 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/19790320010089I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DURING START, REPLACED TURBINE SECTIONS.

## Other reports on N960VJ (3)

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

- [Incident 19970916034029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970916034029I), Sep 16, 1997: Doug DC931 (N960VJ), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: us airways DC-9 (N960VJ) was pushed back from gate 17 at rdu. This aircraft was pushed back onto the ramp behind a us airways B-737 (N263AU) parked…
- [Incident 19860127004049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860127004049I), Jan 27, 1986: Doug DC931 (N960VJ), St Louis, MO. Unsafe gear indication remained after recycle. Safe landing. Faulty left gear downlock switch replaced.
- [Incident 19790101000519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790101000519I), Jan 1, 1979: Doug DC931 (N960VJ), Washington, DC. Crew heard unidentifiable noise on takeoff. Later inspection revealed probable bird strike.

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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