# Accident 19790611014259A: Dhav DHC4, St Louis, MO, June 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1979, 21:45 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N906MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N906MW-2011-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH104 DOVE 7AXC (registry code 2800417, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh104-dove-7axc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,032 total, 651 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790611014259A

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY. FOUND RUPTURED PNEUMATIC GEAR ACTUATOR LINE.

## 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 MKC79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA035), Jun 11, 1979: Dehavilland DH 104 (N906MW), St Louis, MO, substantial 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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