# Incident 19840319012749I: Doug DC915, Westmifflin, PA, March 19, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1984, 20:15 local time
- Place: Westmifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8860, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8860-2025-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC9-15 (registry code 3022036, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,361 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840319012749I

## Narrative

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

A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF THE LANDING AIRCRAFT AND WAS CUT IN HALF BY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE GEAR WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N8860 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811208089209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208089209I), Dec 8, 1981: Doug DC915 (N8860), Newark, NJ. Leaving parking area, wing tip struck a parked aircraft.

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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