# Incident 19991123033759I: Doug DC871F, Des Moines, IA, November 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1999, 09:07 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N703UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N703UP-2010-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-71F (registry code 302199D, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-71f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B (registry code 52039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC871F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991123033759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31R.  WIND REPORTED TO CREW AS 3616 WITH NO GUSTS.  ATIS WX REPORTED AS 33013KT 7SM OVC008 A2983.  CREW REPORTED A 10 KT DECREASE IN AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH AT 400 AGL.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN ENGINES 3 AND 4 MADE CONTACT WITH GROUND RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES.  A WEATHER OBSERVATION WAS TAKEN AT 1454 BUT WAS NOT RECEIVED BY THE CREW:  DSM 231454 35016KTG26 7SM R- OVC008 05/03 A2979.  AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RAMP UNDER IT'S OWN POWER.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.  INCIDENT #ICEO120000002.

## Other reports on N703UP (1)

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

- [Incident 19930318008429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930318008429I), Mar 18, 1993: Doug DC871F (N703UP), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Pilot struck a lamp post while taxiing to ramp. Marshaller and wing walker directing aircraft.

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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