# Accident 19960511010159A: Doug DC932, Miami, FL, May 11, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1996, 14:13 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VJ6A
- Location: 25.8178° N, 80.5784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8178&lon=-80.5784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904VJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N904VJ-1997-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 110
- Fatal injuries: 110
- Pilot flight hours: 8,928 total, 2,116 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA96MA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA96MA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960511010159A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN EVERGLADES ON RETURN TO AIRPORT, DELCARED EMERGENCY, SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT. (.4)THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO THE EVERGLADES ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  SAFETY ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE BOARD'S REPORT INCLUDE MINIMIZATION OF THE HAZARDS POSED BY FIRES IN CLASS D CARGO COMPARTMENTS; EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, AND PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING IN-FLIGHT SMOKE AND FIRE ABOARD AIR CARRIER AIRPLANES; GUIDANCE FOR HANDLING OF CHEMICAL OXYGEN GENERATORS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS; SABRETECH'S AND VALUJET'S PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING COMPANY MATERIALS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; VALUJET'S OVERSIGHT OF ITS CONTRACT HEAVY MAINTENANCE FACILITIES; FAA'S OVERSIGHT OF VALUJET AND VALUJET'S CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FACILITIES; FAA'S AND THE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION'S (RSPA) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM AND UNDECLARED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN THE U.S. MAIL; AND VALUJET'S PROCEDURES FOR BOARDING AND ACCOUNTIG FOR LAP CHILDREN. SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THESE ISSUES WERE MADE TO THE FAA, RSPA, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, AND THE AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION.  (SEE NTSB REPORT AAR-97/06)

## 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 DCA96MA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA96MA054), May 11, 1996: Douglas DC-9-32 (N904VJ), Miami, FL, destroyed, 110 fatal. Probable cause: which resulted from a fire in the airplane's class D cargo compartment that was initiated by the actuation of one or more oxygen generators being improperly carried as cargo, were (1) the failure of…

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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