# Incident 19881204063469I: Doug DC914, Buffalo, NY, December 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1988, 12:05 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EMAA
- 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: N930EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N930EA-1991-09-13) (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
- People aboard: 89
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 500 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/19881204063469I

## Narrative

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

NO MAIN GEAR DOWN LIGHT. VISUALLY CHECKED OK. LIGHT CAME ON JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. NORMAL LANDING.

## Other reports on N930EA (2)

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

- [Incident 19881208066869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881208066869I), Dec 8, 1988: Doug DC914 (N930EA), Rochester, NY. Unsafe gear light. Determined gear safe. Landed without incident. Found a loose ground wire.
- [Incident 19840913052999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840913052999I), Sep 13, 1984: Doug DC914 (N930EA), Brownsville, TX. Left engine flamed out during climb to cruise. Internal failure of engine accessory drive gearbox.

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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