# Incident 19970202010679I: Doug DC931, Grand Forks, ND, February 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1997, 21:06 local time
- Place: Grand Forks, ND
- Airport: Grand Forks-Mark Andrews International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 47.9196° N, 97.0873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Forks, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9196&lon=-97.0873&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962N-2008-08-04) (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: 99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 52 in this make and model, 254 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970202010679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 02/02/97 AT 2106 CST, A DC-9 N962N, WITH A CREW OF 6 AND 93 PAX, OPERATED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND FLOWN BY CAPT. GROVER N. STEIN, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UPON LANDING AT GRAND FORKS INT'L AIRPORT, ND. AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 35L CAPT. STEIN PUT THE ENGINES IN REVERSE. THE LEFT EPR INDICATED IT WENT INTO REVERSE SOONER THAN THE RIGHT ENGINE CAUSING AN INITIAL YAW. THE CAPT. ATTEMPTED ASYMETRICAL REVERSE, WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND CONTRARY TO MANUAL PROCEDURES. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY EXECUTING AN APPROXIMATE 270 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT COMING TO REST HEADING APPROXIMATELY 090 DEGREES. AN EVACUATION WAS INITIATED MOMENTS LATER USING THE TWO FORWARD EXITS AND ESCAPE SLIDES AND THE FOUR OVERWING EXITS. THE TAILCONE EXIT WAS NOT USED BUT WAS FOUND TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, TWO PASSENGERS SLIPPED ON ICY RAMP AREAS WALKING TO TERMINAL BUILDING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR - LEFT FLAP CABLE BROKEN, NOSE GEAR DOOR, VHF ANTENNAS, ROTATING BEACON, EMERGENCY EXITS LEFT FORWARD & RIGHT AFT. RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS BRAKING ACTION POOR. WX 2500 OVERCAST 15 SM, WIND CALM. FRICTION READING 28.

## Other reports on N962N (3)

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

- [Incident 20020622019259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622019259I), Jun 22, 2002: Doug DC931 (N962N), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Saturday, June 22, 2002, during a flight from hpn to dtw, the number one engine oil temperature moved into the yellow range for more than 15 minutes…
- [Incident 19940318014539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318014539I), Mar 18, 1994: Doug DC931 (N962N), New Orleans, LA. Narrative: the pilot stated that after departing msy and while climbing through 5,500 feet MSL, the left engine fire light illuminated. The pilot declared an…
- [Incident 19801210087409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801210087409I), Dec 10, 1980: Doug DC9 (N962N), New Orleans, LA. Slat disagreement light came on due to moisture in the switch.

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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