# Incident 20001212026589I: Doug DC932, Omaha, NE, December 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2000, 09:22 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- 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: N606NW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N606NW-2008-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 302206C, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001212026589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N606NW, ON REPOSITIONING FLIGHT 868 FROM SIOUX CITY, IA TO KANSAS CITY, MO WHEN DIVERTED INTO OMAHA, NE, DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE A/C HAD BEEN DELAYED WITH AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) PROBLEMS IN SIOUX CITY, IA AND THE APU WAS DEFERRED. THE A/C DEPARTED AND DURING CLIMB THRU 19,000 FEET THE AFT LAVATORY SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATED. THE CREW DIVERTED TO OMAHA, NE. COMPANY MECHANICS FOUND SMOKE FROM THE APU OIL IN THE AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS. COMPANY MECHANICS CHANGED THE GARRETT GCT85 APU, PURGED THE AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM AND CHANGED THE COALESCERS. THE A/C WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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