# Incident 20020624021139I: Doug DC951, Grand Rapids, MI, June 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2002, 22:50 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N676MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N676MC-2018-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-51 (registry code 3022051, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-51) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 series (registry code 52049, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-17-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC951
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 118
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020624021139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2002, AT 1450Z, NORTHWEST AIRLINE, DC-9-51, N676MC, EXPERIENCED A RUBBER SMELL IN CABIN AND COCKPIT AND WAS VERY STRONG WITH EXCESSIVE HEAT IN OVERHEAD. WHILE DESCENDING AT ABOUT 1,000 FT. THE SMELL DISSIPATED. THE PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WERE STANDING BY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PASSENGERS DEPLANED AT THE JET WAY, TERMINAL.

## Other reports on N676MC (1)

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

- [Incident 20011116032879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011116032879I), Nov 16, 2001: Doug DC951 (N676MC), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On November 16, 2001 at approx. 1628 CST an northwest airlines DC9-51 flight 211 reported to ATC that it had a flap problem. The aircraft executed a…

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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