# Incident 19900313019799I: Doug DC8*, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 13, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1990, 11:07 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: ZULF
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: YV460 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC8*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900313019799I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT AFTER TAKEOFF. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED. FLEX COUPLING DUCT AND RUBBER DUCT HAD RUPTURED.

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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