- Date
- June 21, 1983, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N980ZDouglas DC-9-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830621035179I
- Case key
- 12224
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A jetway collapsed as passenger loading commenced. The drive gear failed & oil was found to be contiminated with water. Heat had transferred to the worm gear which was misaligned & was not manufactured for acft use specifications.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N980Z
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Ozark Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- MKE · Mitchell
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,370 total · 9,056 in this make and model · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.