# Incident 19881130063619I: Doug DC982, St Louis, MO, November 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1988, 14:05 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N959U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N959U-2008-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 132
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881130063619I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY. NOSE GEAR STRUT FLAT AND SCHRADER VALVE O RING DETERIORATED.

## Other reports on N959U (2)

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

- [Incident 20010718016649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010718016649I), Jul 18, 2001: Doug DC982 (N959U), Wichita, KS. (-23) Aircraft N959U, flight no. 146, enroute phx-stl, experienced an oil strainer clog light (left engine). Pilot throttled back, light went out and then came…
- [Incident 19881012059769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881012059769I), Oct 12, 1988: Doug DC982 (N959U), St Louis, MO. Smoke from lavatory after landing. Extinguisher used on trash container. Water line heater element had burned out.

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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