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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC980 · Yuma, AZ · May 22, 1981

Date
May 22, 1981 · 10:35 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Airport
Yuma
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N980DC
Reported as
Doug DC980
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,900 total6 in this make and model96 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.

Lost right hydraulic system. Lowered gear manually. Found b nut loose for right spoilers. Gear doors hit cable.

As the FAA filed it

LOST RIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY. FOUND B NUT LOOSE FOR RIGHT SPOILERS. GEAR DOORS HIT CABLE.