# Incident 19851217069479I: Doug DC914, Milwaukee, WI, December 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1985, 08:50 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400ME-2002-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-14 (registry code 3022034, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC914
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,790 total, 1,290 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851217069479I

## Narrative

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

DECREASE IN OIL QUANTITY NOTED AFTER LEVEL OFF. RETURNED TO FIND LEFT ENGINE OIL CAP AJAR.

## Other reports on N400ME (1)

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

- [Incident 19960116001749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960116001749I), Jan 16, 1996: Doug DC914 (N400ME), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: when flt 581 departed mci the nose landing gear strut did not allow the ground shift mechanism to operate. The aircraft did not pressurize and the…

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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