# Incident 20060820017509I: Doug DC983, Long Beach, CA, August 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2006, 18:09 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 33.8183° N, 118.1528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8183&lon=-118.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N944AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N944AS-2009-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- People aboard: 144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06IA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06IA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060820017509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT LGB, CREW HEARD CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIP FOLLOWED BY CHIMES IN CABIN AND EMERGENCY INTERPHONE CALL CHIMES FROM "A" FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTIFYING FLIGHT DECK OF ELECTRICAL SMELLING SMOKE FILLING THE PASSENGER CABIN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP ON TAXIWAY "K" AND CAPTAIN DECLARED EVACUATION.

## 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 LAX06IA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06IA301), Aug 21, 2006: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83 (N944AS), Long Beach, CA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The over wing heater blanket wiring installation that had chaffed and arced, which produced an electrical smell in the cabin area.

## Other reports on N944AS (1)

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

- [Incident 20021104031099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021104031099I), Nov 4, 2002: Doug MD83 (N944AS), Eugene, OR. (-23) Alaska flt 515 bur/sea declared emeg. & diverted to eug due to smoke/elec. Smell in cabin, a/c landed w/o incident @1202 PST. Mx later discovered cabin…

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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