# Incident 19990908027319I: Doug DC982, Houston, TX, September 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1999, 17:32 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35836, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35836-2005-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,941 total, 10,941 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990908027319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MALFUNCTION/SMOKE IN THE CABIN; EMERGENCY EVACUATION SLIDES DEPLOYED. 1.  REASON:  HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MALFUNCTION AND SMOKE/FUMES IN THE CABIN.  2.  CAPTAIN YANDELL INITIATED THE EVACUATION.  3.  LOCATIONS USED:  L1 DOOR, R1 DOOR, L2 DOOR, AND 4 EA OVERWING EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW.  LOCATIONS NOT USED:  AFT TAILCONE EXIT WAS NOT UTILIZED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE TAILCONE AREA.  4.  NO SLIDES MALFUNCTIONED.  5.  NON APPLICABLE  6.  TIME TO EVAC:  LESS THAN 3 MINUTES  7.  5 EA MINOR INJURIES (SPRANG ANGKLES).

## Other reports on N35836 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950310005009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950310005009I), Mar 10, 1995: Doug DC9 (N35836), San Francisco, CA. Narrative: when cala F165/9 landed at sfo the a/c filled with smoke. Crew stopped a/c on runway, shutdown engines and notified cala ground control declared an…

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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