# Incident 19880309016909I: Doug DC931, Albany, NY, March 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1988, 15:04 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N920RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N920RW-2012-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880309016909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO ENGINE MALFUNCTION. RETURNED TO GATE. FOUND DAMAGE TO ENGINE TURBINE SECTION.

## Other reports on N920RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20040321006729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321006729I), Mar 21, 2004: Doug DC931 (N920RW), Grand Rapids, MI. (-23) Nwa flight #514, a DC-9-31, operating between msp/lga diverted to grr due to smoke in the cockpit. The flight landed and taxied to the gate without…

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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