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Incident

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-232 · Pittsburgh, PA · December 13, 2000

Date
December 13, 2000 · 20:04 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N408UA
Reported as
Airbus A320232
People aboard
144
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,450 total459 in this make and model182 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The crew of uala, flight #201, noticed a oily smell after takeoff from iad to san, and diverted to pit where a precautionary landing was made. The airplane made an overweight landing, overweight landing check was performed by uala maintenance in pit. The plane was ferried to ord where it was determined that the #1 APU bleed air switch was the cause of the oily smell. APU switch was changed and the airplane was returned to service. This information was provided byprivacy data omittedpit maint for uala. Passengers and crew were not injured. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE CREW OF UALA, FLIGHT #201, NOTICED A OILY SMELL AFTER TAKEOFF FROM IAD TO SAN, AND DIVERTED TO PIT WHERE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE. THE AIRPLANE MADE AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING, OVERWEIGHT LANDING CHECK WAS PERFORMED BY UALA MAINTENANCE IN PIT. THE PLANE WAS FERRIED TO ORD WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE #1 APU BLEED AIR SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE OILY SMELL. APU SWITCH WAS CHANGED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY^PRIVACY DATA^PIT MAINT FOR UALA. PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE NOT INJURED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.