# Incident 19870508019899I: Doug DC915F, Indianapolis, IN, May 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1987, 00:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TAGA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N563PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N563PC-2017-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-15F (registry code 3022037, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-15f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915F
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,454 total, 1,034 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870508019899I

## Narrative

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

THRUST REVERSER UNLOCK LIGHT CAME ON EN ROUTE.  ENGINE SHUTDOWN.  FOUND CONTROL CABLES WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

## Other reports on N563PC (1)

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

- [Incident 19951227044769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951227044769I), Dec 27, 1995: Doug DC915F (N563PC), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on December 27, 1995, at 1355 EST, a Douglas DC-9-15F operated as kitty hawk aircargo flight 290 was on approach to the Rochester, NY airport. When…

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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