# Incident 19940110046039I: Doug DC1010, Las Vegas, NV, January 10, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1994, 14:39 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1832U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1010
- People aboard: 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940110046039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 1/10/95 UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT #818 BOUND FROM LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT DEVELOPED A STRONG SMELL OF SMOKE THROUGHOUT THE AIRCRAFT. THE ODOR GOT STEADILY WORSE AND A FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE BACK OF THE CABIN SAW SMOKE. THE CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO LAS VEGAS MCCARRAN AIRPORT. ALL PASSENGERS AND FLIGHT CREW DEPARTED THROUGH THE AIRPORT JETWAY. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. A LAS VEGAS MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WITH THE AID OF THE COCKPIT CREW ISOLATED THE CAUSE OF THE FUMES AND SMOKE TO THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO LOS ANGELES WHERE THE MAINTENANCE CREW PERFORMED ADDITIONAL TESTS AND MAINTENANCE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY PASSENGERS WERE CHECKED BY AIRPORT AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAMS. SIX PASSENGERS AND SEVEN FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS FOR ADDITIONAL CHECKS AND OBSERVATIONS. ALL PATIENTS WERE RELEASED LATER THAT NIGHT. THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

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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