# Incident 20000717034439I: Doug DC982, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, July 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2000, 07:10 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N487AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487AA-2021-06-05) (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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D
- People aboard: 133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000717034439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER DEPARTING DFW RUNWAY 17R, FLIGHT ATTENDANT ADVISED COCKPIT CREW OF SMOKE IN PASSENGER CABIN. AALA FLIGHT 1258 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RECEIVED EMERGENCY CLEARANCE AND LANDED DFW RUNWAY 31R.  AFTER COMING TO STOP ON DFW TAXIWAY "N", CAPTAIN INITIATED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION THROUGH THE TWO FORWARD EXITS (SLIDES) AND FOUR OVER WING EXITS.  ALL EXITS AND SLIDES FUNCTIONED PROPERLY, AND ALL 133 OCCUPANTS EXITED WITHOUT REPORTED INJURY.

## Other reports on N487AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19910810044739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910810044739I), Aug 10, 1991: Doug DC982 (N487AA), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Sparks and smoke from overhead aisle light on takeoff. Returned. Wiring had short circuited due to chaffing.

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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