# Incident 20040130002749I: Doug DC931, Cleveland, OH, January 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2004, 07:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8945E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8945E-2010-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040130002749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TOW-TRUCK DRIVER COLLIDED WITH AIRCRAFT RH #5 WING SLAT WHILE DRIVING AWAY AFTER DISCONNECTING TOW BAR. CANOPY OF TUG (HOUGH/T300SL) PUNCTURED A 4 X 4.5 IN. GASH AT WING STA 516. TUG CANOPY COLLAPSED PINNING DOWN DRIVER WHO WAS REMOVED FROM VEHICLE BY EMS PERSONNEL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE AND PASSENGERS DEPLANED.

## Other reports on N8945E (3)

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

- [Incident 19991209034689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991209034689I), Dec 9, 1999: Doug DC931 (N8945E), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. (-23) Northwest airlines has begun to modify it's DC-9 aircraft with a hamilton standard electronic dual cabin pressurization system. This modification is…
- [Incident 19950816029109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950816029109I), Aug 16, 1995: Doug DC931 (N8945E), Syracuse, NY. FL300 overheated pack and depressurization. Descended. Used manual pressure system. Auto system put on MEL list.
- [Incident 19790507026179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507026179I), May 7, 1979: Doug DC931 (N8945E), East Windsor Lo, CT, Minor damage. Nose gear tire blew on landing. Replaced tire and wheel assembly PN90WH236.

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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