# Incident 19860925061459I: Doug DC931, St Louis, MO, September 25, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1986, 00:25 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- 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: N8957E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8957E-2008-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7
- People aboard: 31
- 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/19860925061459I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED AFTER ENGINE VIBRATION. REPLACED ENGINE.

## Other reports on N8957E (3)

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

- [Incident 19960308006609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960308006609I), Mar 8, 1996: Doug DC931 (N8957E), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: nw flight 1099 from detroit metro airport, declared an emergency when #2 engine oil strainer clogging light illuminated. All other indications were…
- [Incident 19790317008329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317008329I), Mar 17, 1979: Doug DC9 (N8957E), Hampton, NY. Emergency descent due to uncontrollable cabin pressure. Replaced outflow valve actuator.
- [Incident 19790223007289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790223007289I), Feb 23, 1979: Doug DC931 (N8957E), Providence, RI. Static wick on horizontal stabilizer contacted empennage of parked 8115N.

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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