# Incident 20021025032469I: Doug DC982, Buffalo, NY, October 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2002, 11:44 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218AA-2018-01-02) (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: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025032469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2002, AN MD-80 WAS BEING OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 2034 BOUND FROM CHICAGO TO BOSTON. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED BUFFALO, NY AT FLIGHT LEVEL 330, THE CABIN BEGAN TO CLIMB RAPIDLY. CREW INITIATED EMERGENCY DESCENT, DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH CLEVELAND CENTER, LANDED AT BUFFALO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SEVERAL PASSENGERS COMPLAINED OF EAR PROBLEMS. ONE PASSENGER WHO WAS PREGNANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT BUFFALO NY THEN RELEASED. ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AT CHEEKTOWAGA NY AND LATER RELEASED. 14 PASSENGERS SIGNED OFF AS NOT REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTENTION. PASSENGERS WERE PUT ABOARD ANOTHER FLIGHT TO BOSTON. AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO LAGUARDIA FOR EXAMINATION, AND LATER TO TULSA FOR FURTHER EXAM. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N218AA (1)

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

- [Incident 19840523028889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840523028889I), May 23, 1984: Doug DC980 (N218AA), Burbank, CA. Smoke in area of APU and NR2 engine. Fire bottles used. No fire. Plenum acoustical material saturated with hyd fluid

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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