# Incident 19980213111879I: Doug DC951, February 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1998, 13:05 local time
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Aircraft: N671MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N671MC-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980213111879I

## Narrative

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

NO VIOLATION OF FAR. NO ENFORCEMENT ACTION PLANNED. AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. DESCENDED PRIOR TO RECEIVING ATC CLEARANCE. ATC DID ISSUE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS BUT USED WRONG CALL SIGN. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT. (SEE ATTACHED) NARRATIVE ATTACHED ON FORM 8020-11 SIGNED BY DAVID M. BOONE. AT 1805:15Z, NWA796, AT FL350, ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GO BACK DOWN TO FL310. THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THAT IT WOULD BE AWHILE, BUT HE WAS NOW AWARE OF HIS REQUEST. AT 1805:35Z, NWA796 ADVISED HE WAS "A BIT HEAVY..." TO HOLD HIS ALTITUDE AND REQUESTED A VECTOR TO GET LOWER. AT 1805:56 NWA796 ADVISED HE NEEDED TO TURN BECAUSE HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN HIS ALTITUDE. AT 1806:00 THE CONTROLLER ISSUED A 30 DEGREE LEFT TURN AND NWA796 ACKNOWLEDGED. MEANWHILE ANOTHER SECTOR TURNED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT 80 DEGREES TO GET THEM AWAY FROM NWA796. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDED TO FL290 TO ALLOW NWA796 TO DESCEND. AT 1806:23 NWA796 ADVISED HE WAS DESCENDING AND THAT HE COULD NOT HOLD HIS ALTITUDE (FL350). TRAFFIC WAS AGAIN ISSUED TO NWA796 AND HE WAS CLEARED TO MAINTAIN FL330. NWA796 CONFIRMED THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN FL330.

## Other reports on N671MC (2)

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

- [Incident 20060318003349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060318003349I), Mar 18, 2006: Doug DC951 (N671MC), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. (-23) On March 18, 2006, northwest flight 1180, enroute from detroit (dtw) to Bradley (bdl), declared an emergency due to a missing right hand landing gear…
- [Incident 19901101053999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901101053999I), Nov 1, 1990: Doug DC951 (N671MC), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Right gear door open light on climb. Returned. Right flap jammed down and blocked gear door from coming up.

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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