# Incident 19990924029159I: Fokker F28MK0100, Little Rock, AR, September 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1999, 09:15 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1417D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1417D-2004-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-650-15 (registry code 54557, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-650-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990924029159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1999, AT 0915 CDT, N1417D, A FOKKER F-28-MK0100, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AMERICAN AIRLINE AS FLIGHT 526, ENROUTE FROM DFW TO SDF, REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DIVERTED TO LIT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT WITH ARFF EQUIPMENT STANDING BY.  THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED NO VISIBLE SMOKE BUT STRONG ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND FORWARD CABIN.  THEY SAID THE ODOR WAS DETECTED DURING CRUISE AT 33,000 FEET BUT DISSIPATED SOMEWHAT AFTER COMPLETING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST.  THIS INSPECTOR FOUND THE NO. 1 T/R UNIT OVERHEATED AND ITS INTERNAL COOLING FAN INOPERATIVE.  THE T/R UNIT AND THE NO. 1 PACK RECIRCULATION FAN WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N1417D (1)

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

- [Incident 19960120001839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120001839I), Jan 20, 1996: Fokker F28MK0100 (N1417D), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on January 20, 1996, at 0955 EST, a folker, FK28, N1417D, operated by American airlines, during descent phase of flight to Rochester international…

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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