# Incident 19810428029759I: Doug DC931, Santa Ana, CA, April 28, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N924RW-2008-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 61
- 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/19810428029759I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM WHEEL WELL DURING ENGINE STARTUP. MAINTENANCE FOUND HYDRAULIC PUMP LEAKING, REPLACED PUMP.

## Other reports on N924RW (1)

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

- [Incident 19790808030049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790808030049I), Aug 8, 1979: Doug DC931 (N924RW), San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. While being guided by ground personnel to gate, wingtip struck parked fuel truck.

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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