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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · April 20, 1999

Date
April 20, 1999 · 20:06 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N816US
Reported as
Doug DC982
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D217

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke in cockpit, approaching fll from the west, crew had to fly over the evergladesl. At the time of this incident, the everglades national park had numerous fires due to lack of rain. It was determined that this was the cause of the smoke in the acft. Pmi concurs.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT, APPROACHING FLL FROM THE WEST, CREW HAD TO FLY OVER THE EVERGLADESL. AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK HAD NUMEROUS FIRES DUE TO LACK OF RAIN. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE IN THE ACFT. PMI CONCURS.

Other reports on N816US · 3

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