# Incident 19920623024689I: Doug DC863F, Raleigh-Durham, NC, June 23, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1992, 04:13 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RRXA
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N957R-2002-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-8-63F (registry code 302198H, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-8-63f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D series (registry code 52035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC863F
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920623024689I

## Narrative

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

FOUND LEFT GEAR STRUT DOOR MISSING ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. APPEARS BOLT ATTACHING DOOR CAME LOOSE.

## Other reports on N957R (2)

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

- [Incident 19950508021739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950508021739I), May 8, 1995: Doug DC863F (N957R), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Right outboard engine nacele hit fence post taxiing on ramp. Ground guide failed to signal pilot to stop.
- [Incident 19920818040379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920818040379I), Aug 18, 1992: Doug DC863F (N957R), Smyrna, TN. Flight was 3 engine ferry. NR2 engine losing oil quantity and pressure. Shut down and diverted for landing.

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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