# Incident 19960812036419I: Boeing 767223, Sidney, CN, August 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1996
- Place: Sidney, CN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Aircraft: N316AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767223
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,496 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960812036419I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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