# Incident 20000529032729I: Boeing 757223, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2000, 18:17 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N654A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N654A-2020-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- Reported engine: RROYCE RB211*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000529032729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 29, 2000, AT 1830 (LOCAL), FSDO-21 WAS NOTIFIED BY ASO-6 ^PRIVAC^ THAT AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1704, A B-757-223 AIRCRAFT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SAN JUAN, P.R. AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AMERICAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCNE PERSONNEL IN SAN JUAN, REPLACED RIGHT RECIRCULATING FAN, FILTERS AND PERFORMED AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONTAMINATION PROCEDURES.  MM OPERATIONAL CHECKS PERFORMED WITH NO FURTHER BURNING SMELL OR SMOKE NOTED.  AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR 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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