29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 11, 1982 · 10:01 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Hobby
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MACA
Aircraft
N10029
Reported as
Doug DC980
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D1
People aboard
58
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.
Zk with gear down, right main indicated unsafe. Conduit on gear was crushed, wire to proximity switch broken.
As the FAA filed it
ZK WITH GEAR DOWN, RIGHT MAIN INDICATED UNSAFE. CONDUIT ON GEAR WAS CRUSHED, WIRE TO PROXIMITY SWITCH BROKEN.