# Incident 19850214007309I: Doug DC931, Chicago, IL, February 14, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1985, 15:02 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8918E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8918E-1995-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- 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/19850214007309I

## Narrative

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

RUNAWAY STABILIZER TRIM STOPPED WITH BRAKE. UNEVENTFUL LANDING. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N8918E (3)

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

- [Incident 19880205006239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880205006239I), Feb 5, 1988: Doug DC931 (N8918E), Kansas City, MO. Cockpit indication that landing gear did not retract. Returned. Made normal landing. Landing gear check out normal.
- [Incident 19880104001279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880104001279I), Jan 4, 1988: Doug DC931 (N8918E), Kansas City, MO. Light showed right gear unsafe. Made tower fly by. Looked normal. Found right landing gear position switch faulty.
- [Incident 19790719022399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790719022399I), Jul 19, 1979: Doug DC931 (N8918E), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Brakes seized up from overheat after aborted takeoff. Other aircraft started to cross runway.

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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