# Incident 19870317025689I: Doug DC914, Houston, TX, March 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1987, 19:08 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N655TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N655TX-1988-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-14 (registry code 3022034, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC914
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 74
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870317025689I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED DUE TO WEATHER RADAR BEING INOPERATIVE AND BAD WEATHER AHEAD.

## Other reports on N655TX (1)

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

- [Incident 19880105003239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880105003239I), Jan 5, 1988: Doug DC914 (N655TX), Omaha, NE. On climbout the ground shift mechanism remained in ground mode position. Diverted to Omaha. Unable to correct.

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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