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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-32 · Buffalo, NY · January 23, 2000

Date: January 23, 2000 · 07:13 local
Place: Buffalo, NY
Airport: Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: ZZDA
Aircraft: N866AT
Reported as: Doug DC932
People aboard: 55
Fatal injuries: 0

N866ATRegistration cancelled Aug 12, 2005 · Douglas DC-9-32S/N 47168 Airframe modelDouglas DC-9-32 Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1Turbo-jet

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.

(-23) On Sunday, January 23, 2000, at 0713 local, an air tran airways DC-9 returned and landed at buf on runway 23 due to an unsafe gear indication. The ARFF responded and the aircraft taxied to the gate without further incident. Contract maintenance, prior aviation, inspected the aircraft and prepared it for a ferry flight to mco. Maintenance there found the nose gear strut to be improperly serviced. They properly serviced the strut and inspected all actuators and up-locks with no defects found. The aircraft was then returned to service. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2000, AT 0713 LOCAL, AN AIR TRAN AIRWAYS DC-9 RETURNED AND LANDED AT BUF ON RUNWAY 23 DUE TO AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE, PRIOR AVIATION, INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND PREPARED IT FOR A FERRY FLIGHT TO MCO. MAINTENANCE THERE FOUND THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TO BE IMPROPERLY SERVICED. THEY PROPERLY SERVICED THE STRUT AND INSPECTED ALL ACTUATORS AND UP-LOCKS WITH NO DEFECTS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.