# Incident 19800413049479I: Doug DC931, Pittsburgh, PA, April 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1980, 11:50 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N946VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N946VJ-2003-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (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
- People aboard: 68
- 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/19800413049479I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. DAMAGED NOSE WHEEL SPRAY DEFLECTOR JAMMED GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N946VJ (2)

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

- [Incident 19801105079029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801105079029I), Nov 5, 1980: Doug DC931 (N946VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. Bomb threat by passenger at security checkpoint.
- [Incident 19790222006949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790222006949I), Feb 22, 1979: Doug DC931 (N946VJ), Syracuse, NY. While attempting turn, aircraft slid off taxiway into snow.

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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