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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · St Louis, MO · July 25, 1987

Date
July 25, 1987 · 13:21 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N8982E
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
88
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear did not indicate down and locked. Safe indication after free falling gear. Door out of adjustment.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. SAFE INDICATION AFTER FREE FALLING GEAR. DOOR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.