# Incident 19911023056979I: Doug DC931, Charlotte, NC, October 23, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1991, 17:00 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte-Douglas International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N978VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N978VJ-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 80
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,084 total, 5,084 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911023056979I

## Narrative

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

DURING SECOND TRY FOR ENGINE START TOWER REPORTED TAILPIPE FIRE.EVACUATED. CHANGED ENGINE.

## Other reports on N978VJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19841029063679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841029063679I), Oct 29, 1984: Doug DC931 (N978VJ), Boston, MA. Words "bomb on" found on lavatory door on approach to airport. Aircraft landed and passengers evacuated.

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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