# Incident 19840407020039I: Doug DC951, Minneapolis, MN, April 7, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1984, 18:20 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Mineapolis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761NC-2018-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 119
- 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/19840407020039I

## Narrative

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

OIL QUANTITY DROPPED ON CLIMBOUT. FOUND OIL CAP ON RIGHT ENGINE WAS NOT SECURED. RETURNED.

## Other reports on N761NC (2)

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

- [Incident 19960110006959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960110006959I), Jan 10, 1996: Doug DC951 (N761NC), Detroit, MI. Narrative: out of 5000' bang on rt engine, then it began to unwind and EGT went to 800'+. Shut down engine and returned to dtw. Landed without incident.…
- [Incident 19791201048489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791201048489I), Dec 1, 1979: Doug DC951 (N761NC), Detroit, MI. At lift off, aircraft had electrical malfunction. Found csd failed, replaced csd, csd oil cooler, ac buss panel.

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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