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FAA incident report · Boeing 727-2A1 · Toledo, OH · April 6, 2001

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Date
April 6, 2001 · 05:47 local
Place
Toledo, OH
Airport
Toledo Express
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
C8GA
Aircraft
N286SC
Reported as
Boeing 7272A1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
N286SCRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2018 · Boeing 727-2A1S/N 21601 · Built 1980Airframe modelBoeing 727-2A1Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D seriesTurbo-jet

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What happened

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(-23)Crew declared emergency during taxi for takeoff due to smoke in the cockpit. Aircraft taxied back to ramp without incident. Maintenance found the smoke was from the #1 generator control panel that maintenance suspects had been saturated with water that came from cargo pallets that had been loaded on the aircraft after the pallets had been on the ramp in the rain. The water is suspected to have seeped through the floor during pallet loading. The #1 generator control unit was removed and replaced, and the aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE SMOKE WAS FROM THE #1 GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL THAT MAINTENANCE SUSPECTS HAD BEEN SATURATED WITH WATER THAT CAME FROM CARGO PALLETS THAT HAD BEEN LOADED ON THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE PALLETS HAD BEEN ON THE RAMP IN THE RAIN. THE WATER IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE SEEPED THROUGH THE FLOOR DURING PALLET LOADING. THE #1 GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.