# Incident 20000226023309I: Doug DC981, Indianapolis, IN, February 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2000, 16:48 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N826UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC981
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226023309I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SATURDAY 2/26/00 AT 2148Z USAA F1248 A DC-9-31, ENROUTE FROM CLT TO IND REPORTED FUMES IN THE CABIN AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IND WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT STANDING BY.  INDIANAPOLIS FIRE/RESCUE REPORTED TRANSPORTING 4 CREW MEMBERS AND ONE PASSENGER TO THE HOSPITAL.  THEY WERE ALL TREATED ANS RELEASED.  USAA MECHANICS CHANGED BOTH PACK WATER SEPERATOR BAGS, CHECKED FOR BIRD STRIKES, RAN APU AND ENGINES WITH FULL PACKS FULL HOT, ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED NORMAL.  RE-CIRCULATION FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED, IT WAS PLACED ON MEL AND THE ACFT DISPATCHED.

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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