# Incident 19860411018669I: Doug DC915, St Louis, MO, April 11, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1986, 09:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N975Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N975Z-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC9-15 (registry code 3022036, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc9-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19860411018669I

## Narrative

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

NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. RETURNED AND FOUND BROKEN NOSE GEAR RETRACTION CABLE.

## Other reports on N975Z (3)

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

- [Incident 19850915050679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915050679I), Sep 15, 1985: Doug DC915 (N975Z), St Louis, MO. Cabin pressure climbing during cruise. Priority descent made. Teardown report to follow on relay sensor, controller
- [Incident 19801219085319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801219085319I), Dec 19, 1980: Doug DC9 (N975Z), Chicago, IL. Ze flight aborted takeoff due to a left engine oil strainer clogging light. Maintenance cleaned oil screen.
- [Incident 19780427013979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780427013979I), Apr 27, 1978: Doug DC9 (N975Z), Janesville, WI. Crew unable to control cabin pressure. Descent made and cabin control was handled manually after reaching FL 110.

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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