# Incident 20000308018749I: Doug DC983, Mc Allen, TX, March 8, 2000 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 8, 2000, 11:00 local time - Place: Mc Allen, TX - Airport: Miller International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: TWAA - Location: 26.2034° N, 98.2300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAllen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2034&lon=-98.2300&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9628W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9628W) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DOUG DC983 - Reported engine: PWA JT8D - People aboard: 19 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 12,135 total, 1,233 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000308018749I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)ON MARCH 8, 2000, FAA ATC AND MCALLEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OPERATIONS NOTIFIED THIS OFFICE OF A TWA FLIGHT 708, REPORTED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION,IT WAS NOTED THE TWA FLIGHT 708, N9628W, A DC-9-83, DEPARTED MEXICO CITY(MMMX) EN ROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS (MSY) WITH FIVE CREW MEMBERS AND 17 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. IN MID FLIGHT, THE CABIN CREW NOTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN'S CENTRAL AREA AROUND THE WING SECTION. THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDENT NOTIFIED THE COCKPIT CREW OF THE SMOKE, THE SOURCE WAS UNDETECTED. THE PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VISUALLY VERIFIED THE NATURE OF EMERGENCY. THE CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS, CALLED ATC AND INITIATED AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. UPON CONDUCTING THE SMOKE/FIRE INTHE CABIN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, SWITCHING ELECTRICAL POWER TO EMERGENCY BUS PWER, THE CREW WAS ABLE TO ISOLATE TEH SOURCE OT SMOKE AND THE SMOKE DISSIPATED. THE CREW THEN REQUESTED A DEVIATION TO MCALLEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MCALLEN, TEXAS (MFE). THE CREW MADE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13 AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END. MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THEY WERE HEAVY ON THE BRAKES. WITH EMERGENCY BUS POWER ONLY, THE BRAKE ANTI SKID AND SPOILER SYSTEMS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE HARD BRAKING CAUSED BOTH LEFT MAIN TIRES AND THE RIGHT OUTBOARD TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE LEFT OUTBOARD TIRE CAUSED THE GEAR'S OUTBOARD DOOR TO SEPARATE FROM THE WING AND PENETRATE THE RIGHT ENGINE'S LOWER COWLING AND DAMAGE THE ENGINES'S ACCESSORY GEAR BOX. IT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING'S INBOARD FLAP TRAILING EDGE, LEFT WING'S TRAILING EDGE COVE PANEL, AND LEFT WING'S LOWER SKIN DOUBLER FORWARD OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE EVACUAED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UTILIZING THE L2 DOOR SLIDE AND THE TAIL CONE SLIDE. THREE PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOT INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE EVACUATION. THE MCALLEN AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT SPRAYED FOAM ON THE BRAKES TO COLL THEM AND PREVENT FURTHER INCIDENT OR INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT TIRES WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE AREA. NO FURTHER INCIDENT REPORTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ (TWA MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR) SUPERVISED THE MAINTENANCE AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (TWA AVIONICS LST) TROUBLESHOT THE SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE REPALCED, THE LEFT ENGINE BORESCOPED FOR DAMAGE AS A PRECAUTION, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TESTED. THERE WERE NO NOTED SOURCE OF SMOKE DETECTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO MCI AND MONITORED IN THEIR MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR A 24 HOUR PERIOD. AS A RESULT OF THE TROUBLESHOOTING THERE WERE NO SMOKE INDICATIONS, BURNING ODORS, OR OZONE SMELLS DETECTED. ## Other reports on N9628W (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20001006030539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001006030539I), Oct 6, 2000: Doug DC983 (N9628W), San Juan, Puerto Rico. (-23) On October 6, 2000, at 1450Z, San Juan FSDO was notified by southern region operations center via fax that twa flight 104, an MD-80 type a/c, landed… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.