# Incident 19910930050789I: Doug DC931, Billings, MT, September 30, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1991, 11:15 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N992Z-2005-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910930050789I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE RIGHT GEAR AFTER DEPARTURE. DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY. GEAR DOOR LATCH MECHANISM NEEDED LUBRICATION.

## Other reports on N992Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19810304026549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810304026549I), Mar 4, 1981: Doug DC9 (N992Z), Champaign, IL, Minor damage. During landing on wet slush runway in a crosswind, pilot ran off runway.

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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