# Incident 19880604039869I: Doug DC931, St Louis, MO, June 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1988, 07:20 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: TWAA
- 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: N977Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977Z-2005-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 302206A, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-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 JT8D9
- People aboard: 63
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880604039869I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE REPORTED COMING FROM RIGHT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND RIGHT ENGINE OIL CAP NOT SECURED.

## Other reports on N977Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19790310019819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790310019819I), Mar 10, 1979: Doug DC9 (N977Z), St Louis, MO. Passenger interfered with crew and refused to occupy seat with safety belt fastened while transiting unstable air
- [Incident 19780919020329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919020329I), Sep 19, 1978: Doug DC9 (N977Z), St Louis, MO. Aircraft cleared for profile descent crossed intersection at 9500. Charted altitude is 8000 feet.

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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