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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-8-73 · Middletown, PA · September 14, 2000

Date
September 14, 2000 · 16:25 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RRXA
Aircraft
N832AL
Reported as
Doug DC873

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was inbound for philadelphia airport when the flight crew noticed a flash of light and sparks from the rear cockpit. The cockpit filled with smoke. Crew declared an emergency and diverted to Harrisburg international airport, Middletown, Pennsylvania. Aircraft landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A FLASH OF LIGHT AND SPARKS FROM THE REAR COCKPIT. THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.