# Incident 19800830081969I: Doug DC931, St. Louis, MO, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 08:20 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: OZAA
- 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: N979Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979Z-2005-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 302206A, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 2
- 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/19800830081969I

## Narrative

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

WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT THE GATE, IT WAS STRUCK IN THE WING TIP BY AN AIRPORT SHUTTLE BUS.

## Other reports on N979Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19960609019479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960609019479I), Jun 9, 1996: Doug DC931 (N979Z), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft started taxi when left wingtip was hit by ogden mail truck. Damage minor. Being repaired by twa maintenance. This incident is closed.

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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