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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Buffalo, NY · February 24, 1990

Date
February 24, 1990 · 21:52 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MIDA
Aircraft
N971ML
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
26
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Electrical trim for flaps inoperative. Reset breakers on descent and system activated before landing.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL TRIM FOR FLAPS INOPERATIVE. RESET BREAKERS ON DESCENT AND SYSTEM ACTIVATED BEFORE LANDING.