# Incident 19961014043449I: Boeing 7272S2F, Los Angeles, CA, October 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1996, 20:33 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216FE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7272S2F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,134 total, 235 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961014043449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 15, 1996, FEDERAL EXPRESS 1303, A B-727 DEPARTED THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE CREW BECAME AWARE OF SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. THE CREW DONNED 0-2 MASKS AND BEGAN TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM. EMERGENCY AND ABNORMAL CHECKLISTS WERE INTERRUPTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE "AIR CONDITIONING SMOKE" PROCEDURE THE FUMES APPEARED TO DISSIPATE. THE FIRST OFFICER WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WHILE THE CAPTAIN AND FLIGHT ENGINEER WERE COMPLETING CHECKLISTS. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. THE FIRST OFFICER ACCEPTED A TURN TO FINAL INSIDE THE OUTER MARKER IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE RETURN FOR LANDING. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE TURN TO FINAL THE CAPTAIN DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO HIGH AND DIRECTED THE FIRST OFFICER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT CREW INDICATED THAT THE OXYGEN MASKS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AND THAT SMOKE WAS NOT INTENSE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE THE USE OF GOGGLES. AFTER LANDING THE CREW ELECTED TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT VIA THE COCKPIT WINDOWS AND ESCAPE ROPES AS THEY DID NOT WISH TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF STAIRS TO THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. THE FLIGHT CREW AND ONE JUMP SEAT RIDER WERE TREATED FOR MINOR ROPE BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATION. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL LEAKING ON THE GASPER FAN. GASPER FAN AND SEPARATOR BAG WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. NTSB WAS NOTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NTSB 830.5 (A) (7) (IV). THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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