# Incident 19990526017339I: Boeing 737301, Albany, NY, May 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1999
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N577US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N577US-2008-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990526017339I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 19. APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES FROM ALBANY AIRPORT, CAPTAIN EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19 AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUTH FURTHER INCIDENT. DISCREPANCY WAS ENTERED INTO THE AIRCRFAFT LOGBOOK. MAINTENANCE REPORTED A FAULTY #1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT (GCU), MECHANIC REMOVED AND REPLACED #1 GCU, GROUND OPERATED #1 AND #2 ENGINES, OPERATION OF GENERATOR SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL, NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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