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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Great Falls, MT · March 30, 1992

Date
March 30, 1992 · 10:40 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N982US
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,821 total5,513 in this make and model99 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.

Crew mistook malmstrom afb for Great Falls. When they realized error made go around. Proceeded to correct airport.

As the FAA filed it

CREW MISTOOK MALMSTROM AFB FOR GREAT FALLS. WHEN THEY REALIZED ERROR MADE GO AROUND. PROCEEDED TO CORRECT AIRPORT.