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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A300 B4-605R · Raleigh-Durham, NC · September 30, 1996

Date: September 30, 1996
Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N80084
Reported as: Airbus A300B4605R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N80084Registration cancelled Mar 29, 2012 · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605RS/N 675 · Built 1993 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A300 B4-605R Engine modelGE CF6-80 seriesTurbo-fan

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: enroute jfk/sju. During cruise at FL310, smoke/odor noted within 15 seconds after turning on the weather radar. The radar was turned off and the aircraft diverted to rdu, landing without incident. Maintenance replaced no. 1 and no. 2 transformer/rectifiers, along with the weather radar receiver/transmitter. Aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE JFK/SJU. DURING CRUISE AT FL310, SMOKE/ODOR NOTED WITHIN 15 SECONDS AFTER TURNING ON THE WEATHER RADAR. THE RADAR WAS TURNED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO RDU, LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED NO. 1 AND NO. 2 TRANSFORMER/RECTIFIERS, ALONG WITH THE WEATHER RADAR RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.