# Incident 19801213087519I: Doug DC931, Houston, TX, December 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921RW-2013-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (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 DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 16
- 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/19801213087519I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO FUEL COMING OUT OF WING TIP. FUEL LOAD WAS UNBALANCED.

## Other reports on N921RW (3)

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

- [Incident 19971101036509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971101036509I), Nov 1, 1997: Doug DC9 (N921RW), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Struck large bird on final. Nose cone replaced.
- [Incident 19920212004979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920212004979I), Feb 12, 1992: Doug DC931 (N921RW), Rochester, NY. Experienced rupture of hose carrying water to galley flooding galley and cockpit. Replaced hose.
- [Incident 19840115011459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840115011459I), Jan 15, 1984: Doug DC931 (N921RW), Minneapolis, MN. Yaw problem during flap retraction. Found electrical connection for the yaw dampener actuator loose.

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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