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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC932 · Detroit, MI · May 9, 1979

Date
May 9, 1979 · 14:20 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DAL
Aircraft
N1265L
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
76
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.

Unsafe nose gear light. Pins installed after landing. Defective indicator switch.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR LIGHT. PINS INSTALLED AFTER LANDING. DEFECTIVE INDICATOR SWITCH.