19990505017179I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC933F · Springfield, MO · May 5, 1999

Date
May 5, 1999 · 23:40 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Springfield Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ABXA
Aircraft
N930AX
Reported as
Doug DC933F
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.

Airborne express enroute from dal to ilg, discovered a gas smell in the cockpit after leveling off at flight 33,000. An emergency was declared and the aircraft diverted to sgf, landing without further incident. Emergency crew met the aircraft and found a hazmat container box leaking, containing a methel ethel keyton base solvent. The entire hazmat container was removed from the aircraft. The aircraft was then cleaned and returned to service. The FAA, central region security hazmat officials were notified of this incident by the Kansas city flight standars district office. This incident, report CE99IA0057 is considered closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

AIRBORNE EXPRESS ENROUTE FROM DAL TO ILG, DISCOVERED A GAS SMELL IN THE COCKPIT AFTER LEVELING OFF AT FLIGHT 33,000. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SGF, LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. EMERGENCY CREW MET THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A HAZMAT CONTAINER BOX LEAKING, CONTAINING A METHEL ETHEL KEYTON BASE SOLVENT. THE ENTIRE HAZMAT CONTAINER WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CLEANED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE FAA, CENTRAL REGION SECURITY HAZMAT OFFICIALS WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT BY THE KANSAS CITY FLIGHT STANDARS DISTRICT OFFICE. THIS INCIDENT, REPORT CE99IA0057 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.