# Incident 20060717024869I: Doug DC932, Albany, NY, July 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2006, 13:08 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,200 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060717024869I

## Narrative

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

(-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 ROLLED BACK TO IDLE. CREW SELECTED IDLE WITH THROTTLE. ENGINE RAN SMOOTH BUT VIBRATED WHEN POWER WAS ADDED. CREW LEFT ENGINE RUNNING, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND PERFORMED A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING ON R/W 1. UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXIWAY ALPHA AND ALL 81 PAX. WERE DEPLANED VIA AIRSTAIRS WITHOUT INJURY. GROUND CREW ATTEMPTED TO TOW AIRCRAFT TO RAMP BUT BRAKES ON RIGHT SIDE WERE SIEZED. MAINTENANCE CREW REMOVED OUTER WHEEL ASSY. AND FREED BRAKE, AND REMOVED AIR FROM INNER WHEEL ASSY. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE RAMP WITH THE INNER TIRE SKIDDING. VISUAL INSPECTION THROUGH THE TAILPIPE REVEALED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TURBINE SECTION.

## Other reports on N945N (3)

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

- [Incident 20031230035879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031230035879I), Dec 30, 2003: Doug DC932 (N945N), Syracuse, NY. (-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…
- [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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