# Incident 20000627032639I: Boeing 737301, Middletown, PA, June 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2000, 07:29 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N576US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N576US-2006-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 1,627 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000627032639I

## Narrative

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

(-23)US AIR FLIGHT 1924 WAS ENROUTE FROM ROCHESTER (ROC) TO WASHINGTON (DCA) ON AN IFR FLIGHT WHEN IT DIVERTED TO HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (MDT) DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE CABIN NEAR ROW #1. NO SMOKE WAS NOTED.  AN AFTER LANDING POST FLIGHT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE FUMES WERE STRONGEST IN THE FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENT AND THE E&E BAY. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM US AIR IN PHILADELPHIA (PHL) TROUBLESHOT THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINED THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE A TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER UNIT. ALL THREE TRU UNITS WERE REPLACED DUE TO DUST CLOGGING THE COOLING VENTS RESULTING IN OVERHEATING.  US AIR PMI, ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WAS CONTACTED AND EVAULATED THE MALFUNCTION.  AN AIRCRAFT RECORDS CKECK WAS PLANNNED TO DETERMINED WHEN THE LAST CLEANING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  ON JUNE 30, 2000, US AIR RELIABILITY DEPARTMENT FORWARDED A COPY OF THE SDR FOR OUR REVIEW.  NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.  SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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