# Incident 19981218043329I: Boeing 737301, New York, NY, December 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1998, 19:28 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: La Guardia
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N336US (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981218043329I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 12/19/98, AT 1928 EDT A US AIR BOEING 737-301, S/N 23233, REPORTED A BURNING ODOR IN THE CABIN DURING CLIMBOUT, AND MASTER CAUTION WARNING (AIR CONDITIONER) LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED BACK TO LGA, AND LANDED WITHOUT AN INCIDENT.  ACCORDING TO US AIR CONTROL NUMBER 1822C28, THE RIGHT ACM SEIZED UP AND CAUSED A BURNING SMELL IN THE CABIN.  ALSO THE RIGHT PACK VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE.  THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE RIGHT PACK VALVE AND PLACED THE RIGHT PACK ON MEL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER OCCURRANCE.

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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