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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-14 · Denver, CO · April 6, 1989

Date
April 6, 1989 · 09:10 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MWEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N700ME
Reported as
Doug DC914
People aboard
38
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total3,000 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Gear door open light came on after gear extended. Landed. Had ground damage to door. Actuator had failed.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT CAME ON AFTER GEAR EXTENDED. LANDED. HAD GROUND DAMAGE TO DOOR. ACTUATOR HAD FAILED.