# Incident 19881228066829I: Doug DC8F54, Indianapolis, IN, December 28, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1988, 02:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RRXA
- 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: N991CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N991CF-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8F-54 (registry code 3021926, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8f-54) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B (registry code 52039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC8F54
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881228066829I

## Narrative

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

LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID. USED EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM. LOST STEERING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. HOLE IN FLAP ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N991CF (1)

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

- [Incident 19931223049539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931223049539I), Dec 23, 1993: Doug DC8F54 (N991CF), Washington, DC. NR4 engine failed after takeoff from baltimore. Diverted to Washington. Landed safely. Machanical fuel pump had failed

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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