# Incident 19951227045139I: Doug DC982, Kansas City, MO, December 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1995, 07:26 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N456AA-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951227045139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 12/27/95, AMERICAN FLIGHT 1971 DEPARTED MCI AT 0726 LCL. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR UP HANDLE WAS SELECTED, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE AIRCREW RETURNED TO MCI AND LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. UPON INSPECTION THE MAINTENANCE CREW FOUND THE NOSE STRUT FLAT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED, SERVICED THE STRUT, AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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