# Incident 19861208071809I: Doug DC931, Omaha, NE, December 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1986, 07:23 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8951E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8951E-1994-05-27) (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
- People aboard: 62
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19861208071809I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED WITH NOSE GEAR DOOR WARNING LIGHT. FOUND NOSE STRUT WAS LOW. SERVICED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N8951E (1)

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

- [Incident 19900313008739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900313008739I), Mar 13, 1990: Doug DC931 (N8951E), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Hydraulic pressure lost on climb. Returned. Veered off runway on rollout. Evacuated on 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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