# Incident 19840523028889I: Doug DC980, Burbank, CA, May 23, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1984, 14:31 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Glendale Pasadena
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218AA-2018-01-02) (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 DC980
- People aboard: 121
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840523028889I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN AREA OF APU AND NR2 ENGINE. FIRE BOTTLES USED. NO FIRE.PLENUM ACOUSTICAL MATERIAL SATURATED WITH HYD FLUID

## Other reports on N218AA (1)

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

- [Incident 20021025032469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025032469I), Oct 25, 2002: Doug DC982 (N218AA), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Friday, October 25, 2002, an MD-80 was being operated by American airlines as flight 2034 bound from chicago to boston. As the aircraft approached…

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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