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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Indianapolis, IN · August 23, 1998

Date
August 23, 1998 · 12:08 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N623NW
Reported as
Doug DC932

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5) The nose gear down lock proximaty sensor broke during landing gear extension, causing an unsafe indication for the landing gear. The crew declared an emergency and an uneventful landing was made.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK PROXIMATY SENSOR BROKE DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, CAUSING AN UNSAFE INDICATION FOR THE LANDING GEAR. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE.