# Incident 19791201048489I: Doug DC951, Detroit, MI, December 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1979, 13:45 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REP
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761NC-2018-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- People aboard: 48
- 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/19791201048489I

## Narrative

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

AT LIFT OFF, AIRCRAFT HAD ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. FOUND CSD FAILED, REPLACED CSD, CSD OIL COOLER, AC BUSS PANEL.

## Other reports on N761NC (2)

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

- [Incident 19960110006959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960110006959I), Jan 10, 1996: Doug DC951 (N761NC), Detroit, MI. Narrative: out of 5000' bang on rt engine, then it began to unwind and EGT went to 800'+. Shut down engine and returned to dtw. Landed without incident.…
- [Incident 19840407020039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840407020039I), Apr 7, 1984: Doug DC951 (N761NC), Minneapolis, MN. Oil quantity dropped on climbout. Found oil cap on right engine was not secured. Returned.

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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