# Incident 19961128043809I: Doug DC931, Billings, MT, November 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1996, 13:45 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923RW-2013-11-19) (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
- People aboard: 59
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961128043809I

## Narrative

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

BUZZING VIBRATION OUT OF BZN. CLIMB THROUGH FL180. RIGHT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY AND PRESSURE ZERO. DIVERTED TO BIL.

## Other reports on N923RW (3)

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

- [Incident 19990107016419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990107016419I), Jan 7, 1999: Doug DC931 (N923RW), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-5)During taxi for take-off nwaa flight 1824 struck a snow removal dump turck resulting in minor damage to the right wing tip. There were no injuries.
- [Incident 19941117046909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941117046909I), Nov 17, 1994: Doug DC931 (N923RW), Bozeman, MT. Landed long downwind on icy runway. Ran 90 feet off end of overrun area.
- [Incident 19820528025609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528025609I), May 28, 1982: Doug DC931 (N923RW), Houston, TX. Vapor from right engine. Returned. Found loose oil cap had siphoned eight quarts of oil.

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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