# Incident 19920214010889I: Doug DC863, Houston, TX, February 14, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1992, 20:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QGQA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N782AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N782AL-1997-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63 (registry code 302198B, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,425 total, 926 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920214010889I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED YAW AND BUFFETING. CONTINUED. ON LANDING FOUND NR1 ENGINE FORWARD COWL MISSING.

## Other reports on N782AL (1)

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

- [Accident 19950216001889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216001889A), Feb 16, 1995: Doug DC863 (N782AL), Kansas City, MO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Attempted three engine takeoff. Lost control. Aborted. Lacked speed for vmcg. Pilot fatigue. Training a factor.

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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