# Incident 19890723041259I: Doug DC983, St Louis, MO, July 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1989, 15:41 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: N9303K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9303K-2008-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217C
- People aboard: 143
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890723041259I

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND INTERNAL FAILURE OF ENGINE.

## Other reports on N9303K (1)

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

- [Incident 19920123002829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920123002829I), Jan 23, 1992: Doug DC983 (N9303K), Kansas City, MO. Left windshield started arcing in center layer and cracking. Windshield heat on. Diverted for landing.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.