19991220035819I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-524 · Middletown, PA · December 20, 1999

Date
December 20, 1999 · 15:40 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Aircraft
N14628
Reported as
Boeing 737524
People aboard
89
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total8,000 in this make and model240 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) During cruise flight from cleveland (cle) to philadelphia (phl), fumes were reported to the pilot. When cockpit door was opened, captain became aware of the fumes, donned smoke goggles and oxygen mask and elected to divert to nearest airfield. Landed at Harrisburg (MDT) at 1539 local time. Uneventful landing, passengers deplaned, aircraft serviced. Static inverter was replaced.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM CLEVELAND (CLE) TO PHILADELPHIA (PHL), FUMES WERE REPORTED TO THE PILOT. WHEN COCKPIT DOOR WAS OPENED, CAPTAIN BECAME AWARE OF THE FUMES, DONNED SMOKE GOGGLES AND OXYGEN MASK AND ELECTED TO DIVERT TO NEAREST AIRFIELD. LANDED AT HARRISBURG (MDT) AT 1539 LOCAL TIME. UNEVENTFUL LANDING, PASSENGERS DEPLANED, AIRCRAFT SERVICED. STATIC INVERTER WAS REPLACED.

Other reports on N14628 · 1

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