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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC983 · Kansas City, MO · July 10, 2001

Date
July 10, 2001 · 09:15 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
P2EA
Aircraft
N131NJ
Reported as
Doug DC983
People aboard
95
Fatal injuries
0

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 July 10, 2001, vanguard airlines flight 105, aircraft N131NJ a DC-9-83, was scheduled to enroute from mci to lax. After take off the crew heard a loud noise in the cockpit. The pilot declared an alert one, no emergency was declared and the pilot returned the aircraft to mci with no further incident. Vanguard maintenance inspected the nose of the aircraft at the nose wheel well and found that the right nose landing gear door had come unlatched. Vanguard maintenance re-latched the nose wheel well door and inspected it for security with no further defects found. The aircraft was determined safe and returned to service. With this report, incident number CE05200IAC0053 is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 10, 2001, VANGUARD AIRLINES FLIGHT 105, AIRCRAFT N131NJ A DC-9-83, WAS SCHEDULED TO ENROUTE FROM MCI TO LAX. AFTER TAKE OFF THE CREW HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE COCKPIT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN ALERT ONE, NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. VANGUARD MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE NOSE WHEEL WELL AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR HAD COME UNLATCHED. VANGUARD MAINTENANCE RE-LATCHED THE NOSE WHEEL WELL DOOR AND INSPECTED IT FOR SECURITY WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED SAFE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT NUMBER CE05200IAC0053 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.