# Incident 20031124029529I: Doug DC931, Greer, SC, November 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2003, 12:50 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Airport: Greenville-Spartanburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 34.8957° N, 82.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL (GSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8957&lon=-82.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8950E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8950E-2008-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 48
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031124029529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 24, 2003, NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC., FLIGHT 1913, A DC-9-31, N8950E, WAS DEPARTING GATE B-4 FROM THE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (GSP) FOR A FLIGHT TO DETROIT MICHIGAN. THE AIRCRAFT POWERED FORWARD AND THEN BEGAN A SHARP RIGHT TURN TO LEAVE THE GATE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERING OUT OF THE GATE THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE JETWAY AND THEN CAME TO A STOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8950E (1)

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

- [Incident 20000502033179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000502033179I), May 2, 2000: Doug DC931 (N8950E), Buffalo, NY. (-23)On Tuesday, may 2, 2000, during descent into Buffalo niagara international airport, the crew noticed the odor of electrical smoke in th cockpit. They…

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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