# Accident 20001129041599A: Doug DC932, Atlanta, GA, November 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2000, 15:50 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N826AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N826AT-2002-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D*
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA01MA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01MA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001129041599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INFLIGHT FIRE UNDER CABIN FLOOR CAUSED BY SHORTED/ARCED WIRING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA01MA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01MA005), Nov 29, 2000: Douglas DC-9 (N826AT), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the leakage of lavatory fluid from the airplane's forward lavatory onto electrical connectors, which caused shorting that led to a fire. Contributing to the accident were the inadequate servicing of…

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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