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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC9 · Baltimore, MD · September 24, 1979

Date
September 24, 1979 · 22:08 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAA
Aircraft
N974VS
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
65
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.

Nose gear unsafe indication due to defective limit switch.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION DUE TO DEFECTIVE LIMIT SWITCH.