# Incident 19950521014969I: Doug DC931, Atlanta City, NJ, May 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1995, 22:20 local time
- Place: Atlanta City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EISA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977ML-2002-09-11) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950521014969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS INADVERTENTLY DAMAGED DURING NON-ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY AT THE OPERATOR'S LINE MTC STATION. SPECIFICALLY, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE "UP" POSITION AFTER PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. THE GEAR PINS AND MAINTENANCE TURNOVER, AS WELL AS OTHER HUMAN FACTORS, CONTRIBUTED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE LANDING GEAR AFTER THE AIRCRAFT'S APU WAS STARTED AND AYD POWER APPLIED. DAMAGE TO BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, THEIR ASSOCIATED ACTUATORS, AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ADJACENT DOOR FRAME MEMBERS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED AND INSPECTED FOR A SPECIAL FERRY FLIGHT WHERE PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ACY AT 20:00 EDT TO GREENVILLE, SC FOR REPAIR.

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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