Aircraft Photo of N763NC | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 | Northwest Airlines | AirHistory.net #338476
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N763NC
Fleet number:9854
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-9
Aircraft Generic Type:McDonnell Douglas DC-9/C-9
Aircraft Version:McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51
C/n (msn):47716 / 832
Operator Titles:Northwest Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Winnipeg - James Armstrong Richardson InternationalMap
Region / Country:Manitoba, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYWG   IATA: YWG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:June 1990
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 338476
Photo Comment

The registration is a clue that this DC-9 was delivered first to North Central Airlines (September 16, 1976). With a name change to Republic Airlines in 1979 and merger with Northwest Airlines in 1986, the aircraft was in service until an accident put it out of action. On May 19, 2005, it suffered a failure of one (of two) hydraulic systems. Landing safely at Minneapolis, the crew inadvertently shut down the engine with the good hydraulic pump. Cascading failures of the nose wheel steering, brakes and thrust reversers for lack of hydraulic pressure caused the aircraft to collide with an A319.

This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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