# Incident 20011128032709I: Doug DC932, Kansas City, MO, November 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2001, 16:14 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MWEA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216ME-2005-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011128032709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 28, 2001, MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES, N216ME REPORTED TO ATC THAT IT HAD A GEAR PROBLEM ON TAKEOFF FROM MSY. THE AIRCRAFT LOG ENTRY INDICATED THAT AN AMBER GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE UPLOCK WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE OK AND THE A/C PROCEEDED TO MCI. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCOMPLISHED A "GO AROUND" AT MCI AND ACCOMPLISHED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PER THE QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK (QRH). THE A/C LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LOG ENTRY INDICATES THE LANDING PROXIMITY BOX MALFUNCTIONED. IT WAS REPLACED PER MM 32-60=01, OPS CHECKED OKAY AND A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. INCIDENT NUMBER CE20021AAC0018 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N216ME (1)

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

- [Incident 20020313004479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020313004479I), Mar 13, 2002: Doug DC932 (N216ME), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 0734 EST, a Douglas DC-9-32, N216ME, flight 273, operated by midwest express airlines, on a flight from ewk to mke…

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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