# Incident 20000914037689I: Doug DC873, Middletown, PA, September 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2000, 16:25 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RRXA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N832AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N832AL-2006-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-8-73 (registry code 302199C, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-8-73) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC873
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000914037689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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