# Incident 20000712034079I: Boeing 727233, Ft Worth, TX, July 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N271FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271FE-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-233 (registry code 138408A, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-233) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727233
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,496 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000712034079I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE AT FL290 AND BEGINNING DECENT, A DISTINCT ODOR, SIMILAR TO BURNING WOOD,OR PAPER, WAS DETECTED BY CREW. CREW DONNED OXYGEN MASKS.  CREW SENSED THAT ODOR WAS INTENSIFYING AND DECLARED EMERGENCY WTIH ATC.  NO SMOKE WAS DETECTED IN COCKPIT.  ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT FOR DIRECT TO AFW FOR LANDING.  AIRPORT FIRE AND RESUCE EQUIPMENT BUT NO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED.  THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO FED-EX RAMP, PARKED AND SHUT ENGINES DOWN.  COCKPIT WINDOWS WERE OPENED AND THE FIRST OFFICER EXITED VIA COCKPIT WINDOW IN APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS WITH EMERGENCY ROPE.  THE CAPTAIN AND SECOND OFFICER REMAINED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND ELECTED NOT TO DEPLOY THE SLIDE AFTER CREW ENTRY DOOR WAS OPENED AND SITUATION SEEMED SAFE.  THEY WERE MET BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.  THE FIRST OFFICER LATER REPORTED A SPRAINED FOOT ON CONTACT WITH GROUND.  AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE FOUND AIRCRAFT GASPER FAN MOTOR BURNT OUT.  THE GASPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED, OPERATIONAL CHECKS GOOD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERIVCE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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