# Incident 19971101036509I: Doug DC9, Salt Lake City, UT, November 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1997, 20:24 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921RW-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-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971101036509I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK LARGE BIRD ON FINAL. NOSE CONE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N921RW (3)

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

- [Incident 19920212004979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920212004979I), Feb 12, 1992: Doug DC931 (N921RW), Rochester, NY. Experienced rupture of hose carrying water to galley flooding galley and cockpit. Replaced hose.
- [Incident 19840115011459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840115011459I), Jan 15, 1984: Doug DC931 (N921RW), Minneapolis, MN. Yaw problem during flap retraction. Found electrical connection for the yaw dampener actuator loose.
- [Incident 19801213087519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801213087519I), Dec 13, 1980: Doug DC931 (N921RW), Houston, TX. Flight returned due to fuel coming out of wing tip. Fuel load was unbalanced.

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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