20010320003679I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3H4 · Phoenix, AZ · March 20, 2001

Date
March 20, 2001 · 19:49 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
N620SW
Reported as
Boeing 7373H4
Reported engine
GE CFM563B1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,000 total9,000 in this make and model177 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) On March 2, 2001 at 2144 hours MST southwest airlines flight 838 departed Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on runway enroute to san antonio, TX. After departure the a/c began filling with smoke and the flight crew declared an emergency and returned to Phoenix and landed on runway 25R at 1949 hours. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed. An emergency evacuation was accomplished at taxi way echo and sierra with no injuries to the passengers or crew memebers. A borescope inspection was conducted on both engines and the number two (2) engine was found to be leaking oil into the compressor section which was passed into the 9th stage bleed air duct and into the air cycling machine causing the cabin/cockpit to fill with smoke. The engine was removed and replaced.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 2, 2001 AT 2144 HOURS MST SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 838 DEPARTED PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON RUNWAY ENROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO, TX. AFTER DEPARTURE THE A/C BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE AND THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO PHOENIX AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 25R AT 1949 HOURS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED. AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT TAXI WAY ECHO AND SIERRA WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR CREW MEMEBERS. A BORESCOPE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON BOTH ENGINES AND THE NUMBER TWO (2) ENGINE WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING OIL INTO THE COMPRESSOR SECTION WHICH WAS PASSED INTO THE 9TH STAGE BLEED AIR DUCT AND INTO THE AIR CYCLING MACHINE CAUSING THE CABIN/COCKPIT TO FILL WITH SMOKE. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.