# Incident 20010212004189I: Doug DC982, West Palm Beach, FL, February 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2001, 20:14 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GTIA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801NK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N801NK-2005-06-16) (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
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D217A
- People aboard: 155
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,713 total, 785 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010212004189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACQUIRED DUPLICATE TAPE FROM WPBI ATC AND PILOT IN COMMAND REPORT AND THEY BOTH COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER: ON 2/12/01 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FLL INTL. AIRPORT ENROUTE TO NEWARK, NJ AT 14,600 FT. PILOT NORTICED MAX RISE IN CABIN PRESSURE. PILOT INSTRUCTED SIC TO LEVEL OFF AT 1500 FT. AIRCREW WENT MANUAL WITH NO EFFECT, AT THAT POINT PIC DECLARED EMERGENCY AND INFORMED PASSENGERS THEY WERE LANDING AT PBI AIRPORT. MIAMI CENTER DECLARED EMERGENCY AND VECTORED THEM TO PBI ATC. AIRCRAFT VECTORED 260 DEGREES THEN 210 TO DESCEND TO 3000 FT. NEXT CALL 260 AGAIN AND CLEARED FOR ILS TO 27 AT WEST PALM BEACH. AFTER LANDING EMERGENCY FOLKS INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. PILOTS RECEIVED GO AHEAD FROM SPIRIT OPERATIONS TO TAXI TO JETWAY FOR PASSENGER DEPLANING. MAINTENANCE FOUND COOLING FANS INOP. CAUSING PACKS TO OVERHEAT AND FAIL.

## Other reports on N801NK (1)

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

- [Incident 20010827027219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010827027219I), Aug 27, 2001: Doug DC982 (N801NK), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Captain webster was on an ILS approach for runway 22L at kdtw. Upon sighting the runway lights at one o'clock, he manuvered his aircraft right to…

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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