# Incident 19801027076559I: Doug DC951, Grand Rapids, MI, October 27, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1980, 15:20 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N771NC-2015-05-11) (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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 84
- 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/19801027076559I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE FAILED ON CLIMBOUT AND WOULD NOT RESTART. FOUND TURBINE BLADES DISINTEGRATED.

## Other reports on N771NC (1)

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

- [Incident 20061003020429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003020429I), Oct 3, 2006: Doug DC951 (N771NC), Des Moines, IA. (-23) At 1004Z, 0507 local time, a northwest DC-9 aborted takeoff due to failure of the number two engine. Aircraft taxied back to the gate without any further…

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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