# Incident 20000614033509I: Doug DC982, Albuquerque, NM, June 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N578AA-2018-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614033509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AMERICAN FLIGHT 537 INBOUND TO ABQ, REPORTED UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 8. DECLARED EMERGENCY, MADE GO-AROUND, VERIFIED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 3.  EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT CALLED OUT.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CALLED OUT, FOUND TO BE INDICATION PROBLEM DUE TO INOPERATIVE BULBS IN INDICATION MODULE.

## Other reports on N578AA (2)

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

- [Incident 19990622016779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990622016779I), Jun 22, 1999: Doug DC982 (N578AA), Bakersfield, CA. Captain vise did the aircraft preflight walk around. He noted that the station ground cart was producing considerable smoke and fumes as it handled the…
- [Incident 19970130002699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970130002699I), Jan 30, 1997: Doug DC982 (N578AA), Kansas City, MO. On climbout wind noise from pilot window. Returned. Debris in window track. Cleaned and replaced.

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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