# Incident 19890117005859I: Doug DC931, West Palm Beach, FL, January 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1989, 11:40 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9335, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9335-2013-02-06) (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: 92
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890117005859I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN WHILE TAXIING TO GATE. PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY. FOUND A FAILED OIL SEAL IN AIR CYCLE MACHINE.

## Other reports on N9335 (4)

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

- [Incident 20020320004609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020320004609I), Mar 20, 2002: Doug DC931 (N9335), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, northwest airlines flight 366 departed dtw and was climbing through FL 33 when the lefthand engine experienced a compressor…
- [Incident 19851128064599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851128064599I), Nov 28, 1985: Doug DC931 (N9335), Chicago, IL. Fire in tailpipe of NR2 engine during wet start. A system igniter inoperative. Fire on use of b system igniter.
- [Incident 19850519029629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850519029629I), May 19, 1985: Doug DC931 (N9335), Chicago, IL. Captain turned off nose taxi light due to oncoming traffic. Taxied off into mud before turning light back on.
- [Incident 19840425020839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840425020839I), Apr 25, 1984: Doug DC931 (N9335), Toronto, CN, Minor damage. Main tire blew out during gear retraction,returned. Landed without incident. Cause undetermined.

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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