Accident · 1999-03-04

NTSB case CHI99FA102 · Douglas DC-9-15F · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1999-03-04
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-15F (N195US)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

ingestion of birds into both engines, resulting in foreign object damage and the subsequent partial power loss to both engines. A factor relating to this accident was the dark night.

Source: NTSB case CHI99FA102

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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