# Incident 20080408847759I: Doug DC982, Indianapolis, IN, April 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2008, 18:41 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451AA-2013-06-14) (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
- People aboard: 143
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080408847759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/08/2008, AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (AA) FLIGHT 1131, ENROUTE FROM ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCO) TO CHICAGO O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (ORD) AT 2220Z DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED INTO INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IND) DUE TO A STRANGE SMELL IN THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 2241Z. MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED A SKYDROL ODOR. THEY INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND EVIDENCE OF LEAKS AND SUSPECTED THE ODOR WAS FROM RESIDUAL FLUID FROM A PREVIOUS LEAK. MAINTENANCE ACCOMPLISHED MAINTENANCE CARD 21-92-12 BY PERFORMING A PACK & HIGH PRESSURE PNEUMATIC DUCT BURN. THEY RAN THE PACKS WHICH OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD. THEY INSPECTED FOR ADDITIONAL LEAKS AND FOUND NONE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N451AA (1)

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

- [Accident 20030612036819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030612036819A), Jun 12, 2003: Doug DC982 (N451AA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX. (-23) American airlines flight 2490 operating from lax-dfw, encountered severe turbulence while descent into dfw. The captain, first officer and 1 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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