# Incident 19790404013579I: Doug DC915, St Louis, MO, April 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWA
- 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: N1064T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1064T-1997-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC9-15 (registry code 3022036, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915
- People aboard: 85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,172 total, 4,538 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/19790404013579I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT EXPERIENCED COMPRESSOR STALLS DURING DESCENT. COMPRESSOR BLADES DAMAGED FROM ICE INJESTION.

## Other reports on N1064T (1)

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

- [Incident 19780710042999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780710042999I), Jul 10, 1978: Doug DC915 (N1064T), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. One main tire blew out during touchdown, another blew out during taxi.

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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