40.7242° N, 74.1726° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 6, 1981 · 22:00 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N3408
Reported as
Doug DC10*
People aboard
106
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.
Unsafe gear lite during approach. Landed ok. Found gear handle not going into detent and bad logic board.
As the FAA filed it
UNSAFE GEAR LITE DURING APPROACH. LANDED OK. FOUND GEAR HANDLE NOT GOING INTO DETENT AND BAD LOGIC BOARD.