# Accident 20070928832029A: Doug DC982, St Louis, MO, September 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2007, 13:16 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 38.7486° N, 90.3669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7486&lon=-90.3669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N454AA-2016-06-28) (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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217
- People aboard: 143
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 3,004 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA07MA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA07MA310) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070928832029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1340 LOCAL TIME, AN AMERICAN AIRLINES MD-82 EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE IN THE NO.1 ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM STL ENROUTE TO ORD. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SECURED THE ENGINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO STL. ON FINAL, THE CREW NOTICED THAT THEY HAD NO INDICATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN, WHICH THE TOWER CONFIRMED. THE CREW PERFORMED A SINGLE-ENGINE GO-AROUND, DID AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED AT STL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA07MA310](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA07MA310), Sep 28, 2007: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) (N454AA), St. Louis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: American Airlines’ maintenance personnel’s use of an inappropriate manual engine start procedure, which led to the uncommanded opening of the left engine air turbine starter valve, and a subsequent…

## Other reports on N454AA (1)

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

- [Accident 20030902021119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030902021119A), Sep 2, 2003: Doug DC982 (N454AA), New York, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) American airlines flight 1048 (a/c N454AA) was substantially damaged during an emergency landing at John f. Kennedy airport, after the flight crew was…

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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