# Incident 20000820029089I: Doug DC1040, Minneapolis, MN, August 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2000, 21:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N157US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N157US-2002-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-10-40 (registry code 3023508, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-10-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1040
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,850 total, 988 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000820029089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ABEAM MCW THE CAPTAIN WAS FOUND IN THE FOWARD LAV BY THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT. HE WAS NOT BREATHING AND HAD NO PULSE. AN EMEGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE FIRST OFFICER.  THE AIRLINE WAS NOTIFIED BY ACARS OF THE PROBLEM AND THE CREW REQUESTED CFR/EMT TO MEET THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.  A CALL WAS MADE TO THE PASSENGERS TO DETERMINE IF A DOCTOR WAS ON BOARD.  TWO DOCTORS RESPONDED, AND ATTENDED TO THE CAPTAIN.  THE ONBOARD DEFIB WAS USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE CAPTAIN.  THE FIRST OFFICER LANDED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT, AND STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.  EMT BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE STILL ON THE RUNWAY.  THE CAPTAIN WAS DECLARED DOA AT MINNEAPOLIS, MN.

## Other reports on N157US (2)

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

- [Incident 19871005079079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871005079079I), Oct 5, 1987: Doug DC1040 (N157US), Milwaukee, WI. Tail cone fell off engine on climbout. Returned. Bolts that held cone on had sheared allowing cone to drop off.
- [Incident 19790825032559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790825032559I), Aug 25, 1979: Doug DC1040 (N157US), Detroit, MI. Flight returned after massive bird strike. Two engine damaged.

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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