# Incident 19830207011559I: Doug DC951, Greer, NC, February 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1983, 06:59 local time
- Place: Greer, NC
- Airport: Greenville Sparta
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 34.9299° N, 82.2309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9299&lon=-82.2309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421EA-1992-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- People aboard: 40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,122 total, 6,249 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA83IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83IA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830207011559I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY. EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH. RAN OFF RUNWAY AND CONTACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA83IA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83IA016), Feb 7, 1983: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 (N421EA), Greer, SC, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N421EA (2)

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

- [Incident 19900409014659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900409014659I), Apr 9, 1990: Doug DC951 (N421EA), Baltimore, MD. Right generator failed on climb. Loss of instruments. Returned. Generator may have been switched off line.
- [Incident 19880805037531I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880805037531I), Aug 5, 1988: Doug DC951 (N421EA), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. On turning after power back,a wing hit the tail of holding delta,N1282L. Both sustained minor damage.

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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