# Incident 19980223005109I: Boeing 737301, Salt Lake City, UT, February 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1998, 13:45 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N578US-2004-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,900 total, 2,660 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980223005109I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHEN THE BOX WAS REMOVED BY THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IT SHOWED SIGNS OF SMOKE (STREAKING) AND HAD A STRONG SMELL OF ELECTRICAL FIRE. P/N915F212-5, S/N PF4106. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROX. 37,000 FT, 80 MILES WEST OF SLC WHEN THE CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AFTER DONNING THEIR OXYGEN MASK'S THEY ISOLATED THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE TO THE AREA OF THE GENERATOR CONTROL BOX AREA. AFTER THEY ISOLATED THE NUMBER TWO GENERATOR CONTROL BOX THE SMOKE STOPPED. AFTER LANDING THEY WERE TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NTSB PERSON I CONTACTED WAS NORM IN DENVER. THE MAINTENANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY FRONTIER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

## Other reports on N578US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19901027061359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901027061359I), Oct 27, 1990: Boeing 737301 (N578US), Rochester, NY. Aborted takeoff two times due to high EGT indication on left engine. Replaced the EGT harness.

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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