# Incident 19960818027509I: Doug DC931, Kansas City, MO, August 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1996, 11:14 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N602NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602NW-2009-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 81
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960818027509I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 8/18/96, NORTHWEST FLIGHT 224 DEPARTED MCI ENROUTE TO MSP. THE CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR OPEN. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NOSE GEAR AND DOOR AREA. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. CE05961CM0118.

## Other reports on N602NW (3)

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

- [Incident 20071226831989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071226831989I), Dec 26, 2007: Doug DC932 (N602NW), Cleveland, OH, No damage. (-23) Nwaa flt 1676 dtw-syr crew shut down #2 eng due to loss oil qty. Crew declared emergency and diverted to cle and landed without incident. Nwaa mx found a…
- [Incident 20050609013869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050609013869I), Jun 9, 2005: Doug DC932 (N602NW), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) Desk audit: on June 9, 2005, at approximately 1835 eastern time, a Mcdonnell Douglas MD-9-32, N602NW, flight number 1065 conducted under 14 CFR part 121,…
- [Incident 20000513016369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513016369I), May 13, 2000: Doug DC932 (N602NW), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23)On may 13, 2000 at 1727E, a DC-9, s/n 47046 registered as N602NW, divert and landed at 'pit' and taxied to the gate without incident. The aircraft was…

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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