# Incident 20000123001169I: Doug DC932, Buffalo, NY, January 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2000, 07:13 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N866AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N866AT-2005-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000123001169I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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