# Incident 19860127004049I: Doug DC931, St Louis, MO, January 27, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1986, 11:45 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N960VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960VJ-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860127004049I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION REMAINED AFTER RECYCLE. SAFE LANDING. FAULTY LEFT GEAR DOWNLOCK SWITCH REPLACED.

## Other reports on N960VJ (3)

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

- [Incident 19970916034029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970916034029I), Sep 16, 1997: Doug DC931 (N960VJ), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: us airways DC-9 (N960VJ) was pushed back from gate 17 at rdu. This aircraft was pushed back onto the ramp behind a us airways B-737 (N263AU) parked…
- [Incident 19790320010089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790320010089I), Mar 20, 1979: Doug DC931 (N960VJ), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Engine caught fire during start, replaced turbine sections.
- [Incident 19790101000519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790101000519I), Jan 1, 1979: Doug DC931 (N960VJ), Washington, DC. Crew heard unidentifiable noise on takeoff. Later inspection revealed probable bird strike.

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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