# NTSB investigations: Douglas DC-9-31 A list on [Douglas DC-9-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31.md). Matched to the registry by N-number and event date, newest first. Page 1 of 2 · 59 investigations - [NTSB NYC07LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA121.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Syracuse, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 18, 2007 · N1799U · Substantial damage > The senior ground agent's failure to follow written procedures and directives. - [NTSB CHI02FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA148.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 4, 2002 · N8986E · Substantial damage > The failure of the right main landing gear due to fatigue. - [NTSB CHI01FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA129.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 1, 2001 · N9333 · Substantial damage > The partial failure of the aircraft tug for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB CHI01IA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01IA046.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 14, 2000 · N9342 · 2 aircraft · Minor damage > Failure of the captain to maintain clearance from the other airplane that was stopped. Factors relating to this accident were the snow-covered taxiways and the ground controller disregarding the captain's warning of the unsafe/hazardous situation of being… - [NTSB FTW01RA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01RA006.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Reynosa, Mexico · Accident · 4 fatal · Foreign investigation · Oct 6, 2000 · N936ML - [NTSB MIA99IA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99IA249.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Nashville, TN · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 1999 · N993Z · Minor damage > A preexisting crack on the left main landing gear outer cylinder housing and the first officer's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent resulting in a hard landing on touchdown, and subsequent total failure and separation of the left main landing gear… - [NTSB CHI97IA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97IA195.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · Flint, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1997 · N963N · Minor damage > An electrical short in the wiring of the left wingtip oscillating position light auto transformer and a failure of the system circuit breaker. - [NTSB BFO92FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA020.md): Douglas DC-9-30 · Horseheads, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 18, 1992 · N964VJ · Substantial damage > The aircraft encountered a sudden wind gust during landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. - [NTSB CHI91IA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91IA175.md): Douglas DC-9-32 · Kansas City, MO · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 29, 1991 · N933ML · No damage > Inadequate design by the manufacturers. Factors associated with the incident are inadequate certification/approval by the federal aviation administration and clear air turbulence. - [NTSB NYC91LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA021.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Columbus, OH · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 29, 1990 · N972VJ · 2 aircraft · Minor damage > Failure by pilots of the other aircraft to see and alter taxi path to avoid the standing aircraft. - [NTSB MIA91LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA005.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Cape Canaveral, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 1990 · N8923E · No damage > Failure of the captain to follow procedures, his improper in-flight planning/decision by allowing the aircraft to continue into the overhang (anvil) of a thunderstorm, failure of the passengers to abide by procedures/instructions concerning use of seat belts,… - [NTSB ATL90IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90IA126.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Atlanta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1990 · N8943E · Minor damage > Inadequate maintenance inspection by operator personnel which resulted in operation of the tire while under-inflated. - [NTSB ATL90IA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90IA124.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Atlanta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 31, 1990 · N8982E · No damage > Failure of the ac cross tie relay, which prevented the generators from being reconnected to the electrical system. A factor in the incident was the loss of the left generator in flight. Factors include inadvertently disconnecting the left generator while… - [NTSB ATL90IA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90IA076.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Atlanta, GA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1990 · N8951E · Minor damage > Inadequate servicing of the airplane by operator maintenance personnel which resulted in the burst tire. Factors in the accident were hydraulic system lines which were fractured by debris from the burst tire and a total failure of the airplane hydraulic… - [NTSB ATL90IA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90IA060.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Louisville, KY · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1990 · N8978E · Minor damage > The disabling of the main landing gear torque link which allowed the truck to rotate freely. The torque link was disabled when excessive vibration was generated by excessive play of the torque link pins in their bushings. - [NTSB DEN90IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90IA012.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9 · Monte Vista, CO · Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 1989 · N922RW · Minor damage > The poor inflight planning and decisions made by the flight crew following the failure of the number two generator constant speed drive unit. Contributing factors to the accident were the failure of the no. 2 generator constant speed drive unit and the crew's… - [NTSB MKC89IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89IA024.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-31 · Minneapolis, MN · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 16, 1988 · N965VJ · Minor damage > The failure of the left main landing gear tire carcass and the ingestion of the tire debris into the left engine which hindered normal operation. - [NTSB ATL89FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA020.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Memphis, TN · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 30, 1988 · N918RW · Substantial damage > The acft was being taxied to the gate when its right wingtip struck a catering truck that had been driven off of the designated driving lanes & partially onto the taxiway. The flt crew rprtd that the truck was traveling in the same direction within the… - [NTSB MIA88NA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88NA070.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Pensacola, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Dec 28, 1987 · N8948E · Substantial damage - [NTSB ATL88IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA037.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Cleveland, OH · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1987 · N8988E · Minor damage > While descending into Cleveland from 25,000 feet the pilot, experienced a violent lurch in the airframe. The flight continued and landed without incident. An aircraft examination disclosed that the right upper thrust reverser drive link was broken. Further… - [NTSB ATL86LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA202.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Montgomery, AL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1986 · N9332 · Minor damage > During flt, the acft encountered turbulence (turbc) while flying in the vicinity of a thunderstorm (tstm). During the occurrence, a flt attendant, who was serving beverages, sustained a fractured lumbar vertebrae. Radar data revealed the acft was about 4 mi… - [NTSB CHI86MA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86MA142.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Major investigation · Final report · May 17, 1986 · N973VJ · 2 aircraft · Minor damage > U.S. Air flight 373 passed over American airlines flight 695 at the intersection of runways 32R and 4L while both aircraft were taking off. Both aircraft had been cleared for takeoff by the local controller at o'hare tower. The aircraft came within twenty… - [NTSB DCA86AA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA86AA018.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Erie, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Feb 21, 1986 · N961VJ · Substantial damage > Drg arrival, the crew of us air flt 499 lndd on rwy 24, which was cvrd with snw. Rprtdly, while lndg, the acft touched dwn aprx 1800 to 2000' bynd the displaced threshold. Altho armed, the spoilers did not auto-deploy, so the capt operatedthem manually. He… - [NTSB CHI85IA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85IA101.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jan 31, 1985 · N8959E · No damage > The aborted takeoff that began this sequence was due to engine inlet icing. Moisture from the wet ramp was ingested into the engines as the acft taxied to the runway. No engine anti-ice was used because no visible moisture existed. Following the abort the… - [NTSB DCA85IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85IA001.md): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · Erie, PA · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1984 · N965VJ · Minor damage > The orig destn was youngstown, OH, but its wx was blo mins, so the flt to transport a football team was planned to Erie which was slightly above mins. The coach & business manager were not happy about this, but plans were made to bus the team on to… - [NTSB ATL84LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA235.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Augusta, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 25, 1984 · N8978E · No damage > During a turbulence encounter a pax standing in the rear of the cabin fell and suffered a fractured leg. The seat belt sign was illuminated for the entire flt. At the direction of the capt, in-flt service by the flt attendants was terminated. The injured pax… - [NTSB DCA84AA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA028.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 · Detroit, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jun 13, 1984 · N964VJ · Substantial damage > During arrival, the aircrew (visually & by use of wx radar) noted thunderstorms (tstms) west & southwest of the arpt. The crew elected to continue & make an ILS apch. At 1636, a spcl wx obsn had tstm info, but was not noted. At 1650, the vis dropped to 1/4 mi… - [NTSB DCA84AA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA012.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Sioux Falls, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Dec 20, 1983 · N994Z · Substantial damage > During landing the crew acquired visual reference with the ground & apch lights about 200 ft AGL, followed by visual sighting of the rwy. Since the ATIS reported blowing snow, the crew expected to see, & was not surprised to see, snow blowing across the rwy… - [NTSB CHI83IA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83IA063.md): Douglas DC9-30 · Pellston, MI · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 19, 1982 · N9344 · No damage > Before departing traverse city the captain was informed that emmet city arpt was sanded at about 1736 and that icy runway conditions were turning to slush. He was also told that rwy 32 would be sanded again prior to his arrival. This was accomplished, with a… - [NTSB SEA82IA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82IA101.md): Douglas DC-9-31 · Boise, ID · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 5, 1982 · N919RW · Minor damage > After a gate delay to load late passengers, the flight was cleared for takeoff on runway 28L. About 4 seconds after rotation speed was called, the stickshaker activated and the takeoff was aborted. A readout of the CVR indicated that the thrust reversers were… - [NTSB LAX80DA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA106.md): Douglas DC9-30 · Santa Ana, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 7, 1980 · N915RW · 2 aircraft · Minor damage - [NTSB NYC80FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA032.md): Douglas DC-9 · Southeast, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Apr 4, 1980 · N8922E · No damage - [NTSB DCA80IA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA80IA014.md): Douglas DC-9 · Washington, DC · Incident · Minor injuries · Closed · Mar 20, 1980 · N943VJ · No damage - [NTSB DCA78IA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78IA018.md): Douglas DC-9 · Oshkosh, WI · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 21, 1978 · N959N · Minor damage - [NTSB NYC77FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA011.md): Douglas DC-9 · Buffalo, NY · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 12, 1976 · N979VJ · Substantial damage - [NTSB DCA76AZ029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA76AZ029.md): Douglas DC-9 · Philadelphia, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Jun 23, 1976 · N994VJ · Destroyed - [NTSB SEA761S041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA761S041.md): Douglas DC-9 · Spokane, WA · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 1, 1976 · N9333 · No damage - [NTSB MIA76IM055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76IM055.md): Douglas DC9-31 · Greer, SC · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 31, 1975 · N8933E · Minor damage - [NTSB MKC76IK030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76IK030.md): Douglas DC-9 · St Louis, MO · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 29, 1975 · N994Z · Minor damage - [NTSB NYC75IN057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75IN057.md): Douglas DC-9 · Boston, MA · Incident · Minor injuries · Closed · Nov 5, 1974 · N960VJ · Minor damage - [NTSB DCA75AZ009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA75AZ009-201663.md): Douglas DC9-31 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · 71 fatal · Closed · Sep 11, 1974 · N8984E · Destroyed - [NTSB IAD74AI035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI035.md): Douglas DC-9 · Greensboro, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Dec 17, 1973 · N8978E · Substantial damage - [NTSB DCA74AZ004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA74AZ004.md): Douglas DC-9 · Boston, MA · Accident · 88 fatal · Closed · Jul 31, 1973 · N975NE · Destroyed - [NTSB SEA73IS038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73IS038.md): Douglas DC-9 · Spokane, WA · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 22, 1973 · N9338 · Minor damage - [NTSB DCA73AZ004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA73AZ004.md): Douglas DC-9 · Chicago, IL · Accident · 10 fatal · Closed · Dec 20, 1972 · N954N · 2 aircraft · Destroyed - [NTSB DCA72A0010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA72A0010.md): Douglas DC9-31 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · May 18, 1972 · N8961E · Destroyed - [NTSB MIA72AM121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM121.md): Douglas DC-9 · Atlanta, GA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 10, 1972 · N8916E · Substantial damage - [NTSB NYC72IN095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72IN095.md): Douglas DC-9 · Pittsburg, PA · Incident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 13, 1972 · N994VJ · No damage - [NTSB NYC72AN074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN074.md): Douglas DC-9 · Raleigh, NC · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Dec 4, 1971 · N8943E · 2 aircraft · Minor damage - [NTSB DCA71A0010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA71A0010.md): Douglas DC-9 · Duarte, CA · Accident · 50 fatal · Closed · Jun 6, 1971 · N9345 · 2 aircraft · Destroyed Next page: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31/ntsb.md?page=2 ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c."mKey" = a.case_mkey WHERE a.aircraft_model_code IN ('3022065') ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31/ntsb --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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