# Incident 20000419001829I: Saab 340B, Los Angeles, CA, April 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2000, 10:56 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N312AE-2015-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000419001829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2000, AT ABOUT 1056 LOCAL TIME, AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES FLIGHT 3237, LOS ANGELES TO LAS VEGAS, ABORTED TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 24L.  DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  THE SMOKE WAS REPORTED AS COMING FROM THE LEFT HAND SIDE OVERHEAD NEAR THE CABIN LIGHTS AT SEAT 3A.  THIS SEAT IS THE FIRST SEAT AFT OF THE CABIN MAIN ENTRY DOOR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED THROUGH THE CABIN DOOR AND AIR STAIR.  THE EMERGENCY EXIT WAS OPENED, BUT NOT USED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE AMERICAN EAGLE HANGER WHERE AMERICAN EAGLE MECHANICS NOTED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE OVERHEAD READING LIGHTS WAS POPPED.  REMOVAL OF THE OVERHEAD PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT AT ROW 3A REVEALED A CIRCUIT BOARD, PART OF THE PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT, WAS BURNT IN AN AREA ABOUT 2 INCHES BY 2 INCHES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                                       TWO WIRES LEADING TO THE CAPACITOR WERE ALSO BURNT WHERE THEY ATTACHED TO THE CAPACITOR.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FLAME IN ANY OTHER AREA.  THE PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT, PART NUMBER 26A006292-10, WAS REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT, THE SURROU NDING AREA INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE AND THE ATTENDANT CONTROL PANEL REMOVED AND INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE, WITH NONE FOUND. THE PASSENGER SERVICE OVERHEAD PANEL WAS SHIPPED TO THE AMERICAN EAGLE MAIN BASE IN DALLAS FOR ENGINEERING EVALUATION.

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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