# Incident 19860119024019I: Doug DC931, Buffalo, NY, January 19, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1986, 16:07 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N967VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N967VJ-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,600 total, 12,600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119024019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED WHILE AIRPORT WAS BELOW LANDING MINIMUMS. TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTS NOTAMED OUT OF SERVICE.

## Other reports on N967VJ (9)

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

- [Incident 19940412011249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940412011249I), Apr 12, 1994: Doug DC931 (N967VJ), Lansing, MI, Minor damage. Left landing light was damaged due to being scraped on landing during a low visibility approach.
- [Incident 19920326009939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920326009939I), Mar 26, 1992: Doug DC931 (N967VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. Pressurization malfunction of cabin pressure inflight. Landed safely. Had an inoperative cabin differential switch.
- [Incident 19830829053469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830829053469I), Aug 29, 1983: Doug DC931 (N967VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. Smoke in cabin while loading. Passengers deplaned. A stuck wall switch in the aft lavatory overheated flush motor.
- [Incident 19830129007849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830129007849I), Jan 29, 1983: Doug DC931 (N967VJ), Boston, MA. On climbout aircraft started yawing. Returned to airport. Replaced stabilization augumentation computer.
- [Incident 19790622017489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790622017489I), Jun 22, 1979: Doug DC9 (N967VJ), Chicago, IL. Flight attendent dislocated shoulder while reaching for a bag
- [Incident 19790528028249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790528028249I), May 28, 1979: Doug DC931 (N967VJ), Pittsburgh, PA. Flight returned due to unsafe gear indication, adjusted uplatch.
- [Incident 19781222021409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781222021409I), Dec 22, 1978: Doug DC9 (N967VJ), Providence, RI. Flight still at gate, airline office received bomb threat. Passengers unloaded. No bomb found.
- [Incident 19780522035329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522035329I), May 22, 1978: Doug DC9 (N967VJ), Chardon, OH. Aircraft experienced pressurization control problems in flight.
- [Incident 19780223000959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780223000959I), Feb 23, 1978: Doug DC9 (N967VJ), Jamaica, NY, Minor damage. Pilot struck baggage cart in taxi from the gate. Damaged the flap. No wing men in use.

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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