19940117003239I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727227 · Raleigh-Durham, NC · January 17, 1994

Date: January 17, 1994 · 11:00 local
Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Aircraft: N731AA
Reported as: Boeing 727227
People aboard: 76
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,946 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: at approximately 1045, flight 1161, N731AA, departed rdu for cun. Immediately after takeoff, flight attendant reported hearing a loud swooshing sound coming from the rear of the aircraft followed by the detection of a burning plastic smell. Aircraft returned to rdu; landed; and taxied back without further incident. Maintenance notified and found a blown therman anti-ice duct at #2 engine which was located over the 5 duct. Removed and replaced. Ops checked and released for service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1045, FLIGHT 1161, N731AA, DEPARTED RDU FOR CUN. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF, FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD SWOOSHING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THE DETECTION OF A BURNING PLASTIC SMELL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RDU; LANDED; AND TAXIED BACK WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE NOTIFIED AND FOUND A BLOWN THERMAN ANTI-ICE DUCT AT #2 ENGINE WHICH WAS LOCATED OVER THE 5 DUCT. REMOVED AND REPLACED. OPS CHECKED AND RELEASED FOR SERVICE.