Incident · 1997-07-05

NTSB case CHI97IA195 · McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1997-07-05
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 (N963N)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

Probable cause

An electrical short in the wiring of the left wingtip oscillating position light auto transformer and a failure of the system circuit breaker.

Source: NTSB case CHI97IA195

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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