# Incident 19790130004889I: Doug DC932, St Louis, MO, January 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1979, 14:06 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DAL
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1279L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1279L-1993-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 56
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790130004889I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT MISSED TAXIWAY IN TURN OFF RUNWAY DURING SNOWFALL.

## Other reports on N1279L (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910510019459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910510019459I), May 10, 1991: Doug DC932 (N1279L), Covington - Cin, OH. Smoke in cockpit. Landed safely. Smoke source was a shorted left wing landing light switch.
- [Incident 19810830060469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810830060469I), Aug 30, 1981: Doug DC932 (N1279L), Indianapolis, IN. Aircraft landed with nose gear indicator light out. Replaced switch and harness.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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