# Incident 19850623036469I: Doug DC980, St Louis, MO, June 23, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1985, 09:40 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- 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: N276AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N276AA-2008-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC980
- People aboard: 121
- 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/19850623036469I

## Narrative

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

DECOMPRESSION OCCURRED AT FL350. DIVERTED AND DESCENDED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED SELECTOR, CONTROLLER, VALVE ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N276AA (3)

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

- [Incident 19921101053649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921101053649I), Nov 1, 1992: Doug DC982 (N276AA), Syracuse, NY. Nose wheel would not retract after takeoff. Returned. Found a missing spring in nose wheel well.
- [Incident 19900715036969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900715036969I), Jul 15, 1990: Doug DC982 (N276AA), Orlando, FL. Smoke in cabin while taxiing. Turned off air conditioning packs. Hydraulic filter module was cracked.
- [Incident 19861228081509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861228081509I), Dec 28, 1986: Doug DC982 (N276AA), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. On touchdown, wake turbulence was encountered and a landing light was damaged during rolling motion.

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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