# Accident 20090102001449A: Doug DC951, Detroit, MI, January 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2009, 08:33 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Cou
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2138&lon=-83.3538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N768NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N768NC-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- People aboard: 69
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090102001449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING DEPLANING IN DTW, AN ELDERLY PASSENGER TRIPPED BEFORE THE BOARDING DOOR WAS OPENED AT THE GATE.  PASSENGER WAS NOT USED TO HIS TENNIS SHOES.  THE RUBBER SOLES STUCK AND CREATED RESISTANCE AGAINST RUBBER FLOOR OF GALLEY.  HE LOST HIS BALANCE, STUMBLED ONTO A FEMALE PASSENGER AND THEN FELL TO THE FLOOR.  HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS INJURED.  EMS CAME ONBOARD AND REMOVED THE PASSENGER.  IT WAS REPORTED THE HE HAD BROKEN BONES BELOW THE KNEE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N768NC (3)

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

- [Incident 20080308832979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080308832979I), Mar 8, 2008: Doug DC951 (N768NC), Milwaukee, WI, No damage. (-23) Nwa 795, a DC9-51, enroute from msp to mke, landed mke runway 01L in deteriorating weather conditions. METAR at 1352Z, approximately 18 minutes prior to…
- [Incident 19831026068569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831026068569I), Oct 26, 1983: Doug DC951 (N768NC), Romulus, MI. Told to hold short pilot taxied across active runway. Another aircraft was forced to execute a missed approach.
- [Incident 19821112066299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821112066299I), Nov 12, 1982: Doug DC951 (N768NC), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. While performing a power back,pilot taxied into a concrete blast fence. Gate closed for this type of operation

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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