# Incident 19991220035819I: Boeing 737524, Middletown, PA, December 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1999, 15:40 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14628, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14628-2013-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- People aboard: 89
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991220035819I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19970914030139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970914030139I), Sep 14, 1997: Boeing 737524 (N14628), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: Continental (cala) aircraft N14628 flight number 1611 enroute to phx on 09/14/97 had to divert into mci for problem with cockpit temperature…

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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