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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 767223 · Sidney, CN · August 12, 1996

Date: August 12, 1996
Place: Sidney, CN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N316AA
Reported as: Boeing 767223
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,496 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Narrative: at 37,000 ft, 2 hours into flight, the crew smelled electrical smoke. As they donned their oxygen masks & goggles, an arcing fire broke out behind the f/o's glareshield at the windshield heat controller. Equipment cooling ovht annunciated on the eicas screen. The crew went to standby on the equipment cooling & the arching stopped & the smoke cleared. Also, the equipment cooling ovht extinguished. Flight diverted to yqy. Aala maintenance replaced the windshield & window heat controller. The J5 connector on R1 window was deferred & the aircraft was ferried to ord where the J5 terminal was replaced. Aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT 37,000 FT, 2 HOURS INTO FLIGHT, THE CREW SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE. AS THEY DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS & GOGGLES, AN ARCING FIRE BROKE OUT BEHIND THE F/O'S GLARESHIELD AT THE WINDSHIELD HEAT CONTROLLER. EQUIPMENT COOLING OVHT ANNUNCIATED ON THE EICAS SCREEN. THE CREW WENT TO STANDBY ON THE EQUIPMENT COOLING & THE ARCHING STOPPED & THE SMOKE CLEARED. ALSO, THE EQUIPMENT COOLING OVHT EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO YQY. AALA MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD & WINDOW HEAT CONTROLLER. THE J5 CONNECTOR ON R1 WINDOW WAS DEFERRED & THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ORD WHERE THE J5 TERMINAL WAS REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.