# Incident 20000927031069I: Doug DC982, Omaha, NE, September 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2000, 16:08 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N228AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N228AA-2009-06-03) (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)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 95
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927031069I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 2463 WAS ENROUTE FROM OMAHA, NE, TO DALLAS, TX, BUT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO OMAHA. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEE THAT MET THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THERE WAS A VERY THIN FILM OF SMOKE AND THAT HE COULD NOT SMELL SMOKE.  CONTRACT MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL COMING OUT OF THE #1 ENGINE BREATHER, INDICATING AN INTERNAL SEAL LEAKING OIL.  THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N228AA (1)

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

- [Incident 20031226033919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031226033919I), Dec 26, 2003: Doug DC982 (N228AA), Indianapolis, IN. (-23) On 12/26/03 American airlines flight 1102 declared an emergency and landed at Indianapolis, Indiana. A flight attendant noticed a suspicious object…

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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