# Incident 20001006018369I: Doug DC982, Bryce Canyon, UT, October 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2000, 08:42 local time
- Place: Bryce Canyon, UT
- Airport: Bryce Canyon Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 37.7064° N, 112.1458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRYCE CANYON (BCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7064&lon=-112.1458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234AA-2010-06-09) (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
- People aboard: 75
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,600 total, 1,207 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001006018369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AALA FLIGHT 2821, ENROUTE FROM DEN-LAX, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN INITIAL PRESSURIZATION PROBLEM, FOLLOWED BY A REPORT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE CAPTAIN STATED HE RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FROM A CABIN ATTENDANT TO INCREASE THE HEAT TO THE CABIN. THE CREW USED THE AUTOMATIC MODE, WITHOUT RESPONSE, THEY REVERTED TO THE MANUAL MODE AND OBSERVED A PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM "DUCT LOW PRESSURE LIGHT". THE CREW INDICATED THEY SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND BEGAN AN EMERGENCY DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT BCE, THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT. AALA MAINTENANCE AND A MANAGEMENT FLIGHT CREW WERE FLOWN IN TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AND TO FLY IT OUT. PROPER PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WITH NO COMPROMISE TO SAFETY.

## Other reports on N234AA (3)

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

- [Incident 20041121031919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041121031919I), Nov 21, 2004: Doug DC982 (N234AA), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On November 21, 2004, at 1038 mountain standard time, a mcdonnel Douglas DC-9-82, N234AA, operated as American airlines flight 1115, sustained minor…
- [Incident 19961016039859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961016039859I), Oct 16, 1996: Doug DC982 (N234AA), Omaha, NE. Narrative: a DC-9-82, N234AA, operated by American airlines, inc., as flight 1587, was enroute from dallas, Texas to Omaha, Nebraska. Fifteen miles east of…
- [Incident 19850107005649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850107005649I), Jan 7, 1985: Doug DC980 (N234AA), Chicago, IL. Aborted takeoff when master caution light came on. Problem caused by spoiler deployment when yoke was moved.

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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