# Incident 19901023054889I: Doug DC931, St Louis, MO, October 23, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1990, 09:15 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N974VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N974VJ-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- People aboard: 38
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901023054889I

## Narrative

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

NO GEAR DOWN SAFE LIGHT. LANDED SAFELY. NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK POSITION SWITCH FAULTY.

## Other reports on N974VJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19780303016049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780303016049I), Mar 3, 1978: Doug DC9 (N974VJ), Boston, MA. Outboard main tire blew out on landing. Tire assembly sent out for evaluation.

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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