# Incident 19990830025119I: Doug DC931, St Louis, MO, August 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1999, 10:46 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N8929E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8929E-2013-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990830025119I

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO PUSH BACK, CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHANGED THE LEFT QUANTITY FUEL GUAGE, PUSH BACK WAS ON TIME. THREE MILES OUT, THE LEFT AIRCRAFT ENGINE INDICATED A FIRE. CREW SHUT DOWN ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO STL. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND UPON STOPPING, THE LEFT BRAKES FROZE. COMPANY SHUTTLED PASSENGERS TO TERMINAL. AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE MOVED, SO CONTRACT MAINTENANCE WAS CALLED. THEY JACKED THE GEAR, AND SEPARATED THE BRAKES WITH A SCREWDRIVER TO COOL THEM. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO STL DELTA RAMP. COMPANY DISPATCHED MAINTENANCE CREW FROM MSP. (STL MECHANICS WERE NOT CONTACTED). CREW FOUND ENGINE T-DUCT HAD BLOWN OUT AND CAUSED THE OVERHEAT INDICATION. THE DUCT WAS CHANGED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED STL AT 10:30 PM.

## Other reports on N8929E (1)

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

- [Incident 19900621034459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621034459I), Jun 21, 1990: Doug DC931 (N8929E), Atlanta, GA. Right engine vibrating on climb. Returned. Brakes froze on rollout. NR6 bearing failed.

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.