# Incident 20031230035879I: Doug DC932, Syracuse, NY, December 30, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2003, 22:00 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N945N-2010-08-17) (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-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031230035879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 30, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 EST, A PASSENGER ABOARD NWA FLIGHT 1560, FROM DTW TO SYR, BEGAN A DISTURBANCE BY RAPIDLY RINGING HIS FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALL BELL AND BY REFUSING TO STOP THE RAPID RINGING EVEN AFTER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RESPONDED AND ASKED HIM TO CEASE. PASSENGER REPORTEDLY WAS ANGRY, IRATE AND THREATENING, AND MANY PASSENGERS WERE REPORTEDLY FRIGHTENED. THE LANDING AND SAFETY PREPARATIONS OF THE CABIN CREW WERE INTERFERED WITH BY THE INCIDENT AND BY THE ABUSIVE AND THREATENING REMARKS FROM THE SUBJECT PASSENGER. THE CAPTAIN OF FLIGHT 1560 WAS NOTIFIED BY THE LEAD F/A, DURING DESCENT INTO SYR AND RADIOED AHEAD FOR POLICE TO MEET THE AIRCRAFT UPON ARRIVAL AT THE GATE. SYRACUSE POLICE MET THE AIRCRAFT AND REMOVED SUBJECT PASSENGER. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N945N (3)

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

- [Incident 20060717024869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060717024869I), Jul 17, 2006: Doug DC932 (N945N), Albany, NY. (-23) At approx. 1308 EST, northwest flight 1515 departed alb. During climbout, at approx. 1000 ft. MSL, the flight crew heard a loud thump and #2 engine…
- [Incident 19870109006129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870109006129I), Jan 9, 1987: Doug DC931 (N945N), Memphis, TN. Red unsafe gear light came on briefly and then right main gear light went out. Replaced switch and spliced a wire.
- [Incident 19810720056499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810720056499I), Jul 20, 1981: Doug DC931 (N945N), Green Bay, WI. Aircraft hydroplaned during landing and ran off end of runway.

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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