Incident · 1997-12-19
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-12-19
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (N932AS)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
An emergency evacuation due to fumes from a failed hydraulic line that entered into the cabin.
Source: NTSB case LAX98IA061Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.