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FAA incident report · Doug DC9-15 · St Louis, MO · May 11, 1988

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Date
May 11, 1988 · 21:13 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N970Z
Reported as
Doug DC915
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8*
People aboard
46
Fatal injuries
0
N970ZRegistration cancelled Jul 28, 2007 · Douglas DC9-15S/N 45772 · Built 1966Airframe modelDouglas DC9-15Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1Turbo-jet

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What happened

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Smoke in cabin on climbout. Returned. Evacuated passenger. Over lubrication of engine bleed air valve made smoke.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. EVACUATED PASSENGER. OVER LUBRICATION OF ENGINE BLEED AIR VALVE MADE SMOKE.

Other reports on N970Z · 5

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

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