# Incident 19790322011419I: Doug DC9, St Louis, MO, March 22, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1979, 23:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- 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: N412EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC9
- People aboard: 100
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79IA025-201246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790322011419I

## Narrative

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

LANDING AT NIGHT ON WET RUNWAY PILOT VEERED OF RUNWAY. DAMAGED ENGINES, FLAPS, LANDING GEAR. RUNWAY LIGHTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC79IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79IA025-201246), Mar 22, 1979: Douglas DC-9 (N412EA), St Louis, MO, incident, minor damage

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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