# Incident 19790411010849I: Doug DC931, Boston, MA, April 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1979, 10:55 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N955VJ-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 302206A, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-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 DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 81
- 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/19790411010849I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE GAUGES ERRATIC AT ROTATION. ENGINE SHUT DOWN, RETURNED. TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, INGESTED INTO ENGINE.

## Other reports on N955VJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19781221021629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781221021629I), Dec 21, 1978: Doug DC9 (N955VJ), Erie, PA. Flight returned when passenger suffered a apparent heart attack.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.