# Incident 19980311005619I: Doug DC982, Kansas City, MO, March 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1998, 21:02 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931MC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980311005619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MCI FOR MSP, WHEN PILOT REPORTED, UNABLE TO RAISE NOSE GEAR, MAIN GEARS RETRACTED EASILY, BUT NOSE GEAR DID NOT. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MCI WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ON STAND BY. MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED ICE CRYSTALS IN NOSE GEAR STRUT FLUID. HEATED STRUT TO 100 DEGREES AND SERVICED PER M/M 32-21-2. EXERCISED STRUT SEVERAL TIMES AND AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED. NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS RESERVICED ON NEXT OVERNIGHT LAYOVER. THIS REPORT #CE98IGA0039 IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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