# Incident 19790308019669I: Doug DC9, St Louis, MO, March 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1979, 20:47 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZA
- 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: N997Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N997Z-2001-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 87
- 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/19790308019669I

## Narrative

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

CREW FELT BUMP ON DESCENT, INSPECTION REVEALED UPPER COWLING AND FORWARD LOWER COWLING MISSING.

## Other reports on N997Z (6)

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

- [Incident 19951229045759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951229045759I), Dec 29, 1995: Doug DC932 (N997Z), Tulsa, OK. Narrative: first officer notified ATC that the captain had become incapacitated enroute from sat to stl, and requested a deviation to tul. The DC-9 landed…
- [Incident 19871115073309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871115073309I), Nov 15, 1987: Doug DC932 (N997Z), Springfield, MO. Lost cabin pressure at 33M. Made emergency descent. Manual mask drop but all did not deploy. Replaced controller.
- [Incident 19860706041259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860706041259I), Jul 6, 1986: Doug DC932 (N997Z), St Louis, MO. Aborted takeoff when tail compartment high temperature light came on. Replaced clamp on right augmentation valve.
- [Incident 19860111003109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860111003109I), Jan 11, 1986: Doug DC932 (N997Z), Kansas City, MO, Minor damage. Engine vibration at FL350. Shut down and diverted. Found first stage fan blade failure.
- [Incident 19790110000359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790110000359I), Jan 10, 1979: Doug DC9 (N997Z), Sioux City, IA, Minor damage. Catering truck struck and damaged the inboard slat, right side.
- [Incident 19780913017209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780913017209I), Sep 13, 1978: Doug DC931 (N997Z), Rockford, IL. Aircraft slid off wet taxiway that had just been sealed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.