# Incident 19980109002339I: Doug DC934, Wichita, KS, January 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1998, 19:20 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N927L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N927L-2016-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-34 (registry code 302207E, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC934
- People aboard: 97
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980109002339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE FROM STL TO ICT. LEFT MAIN GEAR UP, LIGHT CAME ON IN FLT AFTER GEAR WAS RETRACTED/INSPECTED GEAR LATCH MECHANISM AND LATCHES AND DOOR SWITCH IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINTENANCE MANUAL. NO DEFECT AIRCRAFT RELEASED AND CONTINUED FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N927L (3)

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

- [Incident 19860525033249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860525033249I), May 25, 1986: Doug DC934 (N927L), St Louis, MO. During climbout, an air leak in crew windshield was noted. Returned and replaced the seal.
- [Incident 19851206066109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851206066109I), Dec 6, 1985: Doug DC934 (N927L), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Truck was loading baggage for charter flight and inadvertently backed into right engine. Damage to cowling.
- [Incident 19800312033469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800312033469I), Mar 12, 1980: Doug DC934F (N927L), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. While attempting a turn from ramp, aircraft departed taxiway.

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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