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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 7372P6 · Syracuse, NY · February 16, 1998

Date: February 16, 1998 · 14:53 local
Place: Syracuse, NY
Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: ZZDA
Aircraft: EICJW
Reported as: Boeing 7372P6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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: on Monday, February 16, 1998, the flight crew of a Boeing 737, ei-cjw, flight 541, operated by air tran airways, inc., reported smoke in the cockpit while the aircraft was parked on the ramp. Fire and rescue responded and reported the smoke was coming from the master cooling fan. There were no injuries. The fan was deferred. The flight departed from Syracuse, new york and went to orlando, FL. The fan was removed and replaced when the aircraft arrived at orlando. An operational check was satisfactory and the aircraft was released for service. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1998, THE FLIGHT CREW OF A BOEING 737, EI-CJW, FLIGHT 541, OPERATED BY AIR TRAN AIRWAYS, INC., REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED AND REPORTED THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE MASTER COOLING FAN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FAN WAS DEFERRED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM SYRACUSE, NEW YORK AND WENT TO ORLANDO, FL. THE FAN WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT ORLANDO. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.