# Incident 20000502033179I: Doug DC931, Buffalo, NY, May 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2000, 21:25 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8950E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8950E-2008-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-31 (registry code 3022065, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC931
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9A
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000502033179I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2000, DURING DESCENT INTO BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE CREW NOTICED THE ODOR OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN TH COCKPIT. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, BRIEFED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  FLIGHT 1840 THEN TAXIED TO THE GATE AND DEPLANNED THE PASSENGERS.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE WAS SUMMONED AND FOUND A BURNED WIRE RUNNING BETWEEN THE OVERHEAD LIGHT AND THE RHEOSTAT CONTROLLING THE MAP LIGHT.  MAINTENANCE PULLED AND COLLARED THE C/B AND REMOVED THE BURNED WIRE.  THE LIGHT WAS PUT ON MEL-33-1, PLACARD #683317.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8950E (1)

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

- [Incident 20031124029529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031124029529I), Nov 24, 2003: Doug DC931 (N8950E), Greer, SC, Minor damage. (-23) On November 24, 2003, northwest airlines inc., flight 1913, a DC-9-31, N8950E, was departing gate B-4 from the Greenville Spartanburg international…

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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