# Incident 20030925031499I: Doug DC982, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, September 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2003, 06:51 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N462AA-2012-04-26) (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 JT8D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 7,383 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA03IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA03IA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030925031499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEP 25, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 0651 AIRCRAFT PERFORMED UNEVENTFUL POWER BACK FROM GATE C-17 AT DFW AIRPORT. UPON INITIATING TAXI, SMOKE AND ACRID FUMES WERE REPORTED IN THE CABIN BY CREW MEMBERS. AFTER A SECOND REPORT, WHEN CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED WORSE THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED. L1, L2, R1 DOOR SLIDES WERE SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED. THE TAILCONE JETTISONED, BUT THE SLIDE DID NOT INFLATE. 14 FIRST CLASS, 73 COACH PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS EVACUATED WITH (8) EIGHT MINOR PASSENGER INJURIES.

## 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 DCA03IA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA03IA058), Sep 25, 2003: McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N462AA), Dfw, TX, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The improper maintenance of the tailcone evacuation system, which prevented the evacuation slide from inflating during an evacuation due to smoke/fumes in the cabin.

## Other reports on N462AA (3)

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

- [Incident 19970317014789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970317014789I), Mar 17, 1997: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Miami, FL. Narrative: the aircraft landed at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. While taxiing to the gate a flight attendant notified the flight crew that…
- [Incident 19960514013649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514013649I), May 14, 1996: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Springfield, MO. Narrative: on 14 may 96, American flight AAL267 diverted to Springfield Missouri airport. There was no oil pressure for the #2 engine. The crew shut down the…
- [Incident 19920624031839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920624031839I), Jun 24, 1992: Doug DC982 (N462AA), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Bird strike in right engine en route. Landed safely.

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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