# Incident 19801109079279I: Doug DC915, St Louis, MO, November 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1980, 12:29 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N490SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N490SA-2006-05-04) (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: 38
- 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/19801109079279I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZK FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO ILLUMINATION OF GEAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT. DOORS CLOSED ON FLYBY.

## Other reports on N490SA (2)

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

- [Incident 19910730035609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910730035609I), Jul 30, 1991: Doug DC915 (N490SA), Cedar Rapids, IA. Left outboard brake locked up on taxi out. Passengers bussed to terminal. Brake disk had disintegrated.
- [Incident 19870914037359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870914037359I), Sep 14, 1987: Doug DC915 (N490SA), Cedar Rapids, IA. Lost pressurization. Diverted. Landed safely.

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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