# Incident 19991130035779I: Doug DC932, St Petersburg-C, FL, November 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1999, 10:15 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: A4JA
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12532, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12532-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991130035779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 30, 1999, AT 10:15 EST, A DOUGLAS DC-9-32, N12532, OPERATED BY SOUTHEAST AIRLINES, INC., EXPERIENCED AIRFRAME VIBRATION CLIMBING THROUGH 11,000 FEET.  THE FLIGHT ABORTED AND RETURNED TO PIE.  MAINTENANCE FOUNC THE APU ACCESS PANEL OPEN AND DAMAGED WITH ONE LOCK MISSING.  MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PANEL AND LOCKS.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ST PETERSBURG, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA AIRPORT, ON NOVEMBER 30, 1999.

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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