# Incident 19940117003239I: Boeing 727227, Raleigh-Durham, NC, January 17, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1994, 11:00 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- People aboard: 76
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,946 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940117003239I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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