# Incident 19961218042569I: Doug DC932, Omaha, NE, December 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1996, 07:15 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209ME-2006-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218042569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 18, 1996, APPROXIMATELY 0700 CST, MIDWEST EXPRESS, INC., FLIGHT 30 DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE ENROUTE TO LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CA. UPON RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR, THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED A NOSE LANDING GEAR VIBRATION TOGETHER WITH AN UNSAFE NLG DOOR INDICATION. THE FLIGHT CREW CONTACTED THE OMAHA ATCT AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY TURN BACK. THE MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-31 LANDED ON RUNWAY 32L WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH THE LH NLG DOOR IN THE OPEN POSITION. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FAILED TO DISCLOSE TANGIBLE CAUSE FOR THE INCOMPLETE RETRACTION CYCLE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LUBRICATED THE NLG RETRACT MECHANISM AND PERFORMED NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONAL CHECKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE BY MIDWEST EXPRESS TECHNICIANS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N209ME (1)

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

- [Incident 19980711021879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980711021879I), Jul 11, 1998: Doug DC932 (N209ME), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Taxied into a ditch. Became stuck. Pilot error in taxiing. Damaged belly and longeron.

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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