# Incident 19980510024259I: Boeing 737301, Norfolk, VA, May 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1998, 12:32 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510024259I

## Narrative

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

DIVERTED TO ORF DUE SMOKE IN COCKPIT. SMOKE FROM NR1 ENGINE GENERATAOR CONTROL UNIT PN 22423 UNIT REPLACED.

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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