# Incident 19950301005669I: Doug DC931, Buffalo, NY, March 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1995, 18:14 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9334, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9334-2008-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 86
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950301005669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE FROM DETROIT, MI TO ROCHESTER, NY THE RT. GENERATOR EXPLODED MAKING A HOLE IN THE ENGINE FAN CASE. THE RT. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION AND THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BUFFALO, NY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 2313Z. LT ENG.	JT8D-9A	SERIAL #66954	INSTALLED 4/1/94 RT. ENG.	JT8D-7B	SERIAL #57499	INSTALLED 1/11/95 RT. AC GEN.	P/N 976J525-6	SERIAL #00814	INSTALLED 5/10/93 RT. TRANSMISSION (CSD)	P/N 696233B	SERIAL #01448	INSTALLED 7/27/94 NORTHWEST REPLACED ENGINE AT BUFFALO. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9334 (3)

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

- [Incident 19940104001869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940104001869I), Jan 4, 1994: Doug DC931 (N9334), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 4, 1994 at 1345 EST, a Douglas DC9-31, N9334, operated by northwest airlines slid off the runway while landing at Syracuse, NY. The trip…
- [Incident 19840120009639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840120009639I), Jan 20, 1984: Doug DC931 (N9334), Minneapolis, MN. Slat disagreement warning light illuminated. Found internal leakage in right slat system upper drive actuator.
- [Incident 19781006031359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781006031359I), Oct 6, 1978: Doug DC9 (N9334), San Francisco, CA. Engine fire during start early attempts to extinguish failed. Precautionary evacuation.

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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