19851009055919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Memphis, TN · October 9, 1985

Date
October 9, 1985 · 18:48 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N959N
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
65
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.

Loss of hydraulic fluid and manual gear extension needed. O ring cut and pinched in lower rudder power actuator.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION NEEDED. O RING CUT AND PINCHED IN LOWER RUDDER POWER ACTUATOR.

Other reports on N959N · 4

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