# Incident 20010515012789I: Doug DC951, Minneapolis, MN, May 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2001, 13:31 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N783NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N783NC-2018-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010515012789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PUSHED BACK FROM GATE F2. THE PUSH BACK WAS HAULTED DUE TO A FOOD TRUCK BLOCKING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WING WALKER WAS MOVING THE FOOD TRUCK.  THILE THE WING WALKER WAS ABSENT THE PUSH BACK STARTED AND A BAG CART HIT THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE DEVICE, SCRAPPED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING TIP AND BROKE OFF A STATIC DISCHARGE WICK.

## Other reports on N783NC (2)

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

- [Incident 20040519008629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040519008629I), May 19, 2004: Doug DC951 (N783NC), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On may 19, 2004 northwest airlines flt. 1751 a DC-9-51 advised a.t.c. of a flap problem, a l/e slat disagreement light illuminated during approach. An…
- [Incident 19801226088559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801226088559I), Dec 26, 1980: Doug DC951 (N783NC), Chicago, IL. Flight returned due to vibrating noise. Nose wheel door did not close after wheel retracted.

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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