# Incident 19971219041499I: Doug DC982, San Francisco, CA, December 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1997, 18:15 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 37.5591° N, 122.3691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5591&lon=-122.3691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N932AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 66
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98IA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98IA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971219041499I

## Narrative

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

HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR LINE BROKE TURNING OFF RUNWAY. EMERGENCY EVACUATION INITIATED. J FITTING IN TAIL BROKE.

## 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 LAX98IA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98IA061), Dec 20, 1997: McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N932AS), San Francisco, CA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: An emergency evacuation due to fumes from a failed hydraulic line that entered into the cabin.

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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