19900221013469I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Milwaukee, WI · February 21, 1990

Date
February 21, 1990 · 21:10 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell Field
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MWEA
Aircraft
N401ME
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
74
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,335 total2,441 in this make and model238 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.

Unable to extend flaps. Landed without incident. Flap position quadrant was galled with burr.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO EXTEND FLAPS. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FLAP POSITION QUADRANT WAS GALLED WITH BURR.