- Date
- October 7, 1981
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8961Douglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122696
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0019 81/10/7 MIDLAND,TX DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1650 N8961 PX- 0 0 9 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND REGIONAL OPERATOR - TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX MIDLAND,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: FAIRINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- TAILCONE SEPD DRG LNDG.FOUND EXT RLS HANDLE DANGLING,SAFETY WIRE MISSING.CO PROC TO SAFETY HNDL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8961
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Midland Regional