# Incident 20010504007559I: Doug DC932, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2001, 23:05 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3991C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3991C-2008-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010504007559I

## Narrative

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

ON 05-04-01, NWAA FLIGHT #1488, AT APPROXIMATELY 2305, LOCAL TIME,REPORTED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 10L, AT PIT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT GENERATOR PROBLEMS CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE AC CROSS TIE LOCKOUT, TO RESET. THE RIGHT GENERATOR WAS DEFERRED IN PIT, AND REPLACED IN MSP, THIS ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY ^ NWAA MAINTENANCE.  APPROACH CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSE THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N3991C (2)

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

- [Incident 19990307017809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990307017809I), Mar 7, 1999: Doug DC932 (N3991C), Bozeman, MT. On March 7, 1999, northwest airlines, flight 1265, minneapolis, Minnesota to Bozeman, Montana with 69 passengers aboard, a DC-9, slide off runway 12 at Bozeman…
- [Incident 19870325016579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870325016579I), Mar 25, 1987: Doug DC932 (N3991C), Memphis, TN. Right engine began to compressor stall on climb. Aircraft returned safely. Engine was changed.

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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