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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Pittsburgh, PA · August 2, 2001

Date
August 2, 2001 · 05:50 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ABXA
Aircraft
N949AX
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

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

(-23) On August 2, 2001, at 0550 EST. Airborne express flight #182 landed on runway 10L after reporting seeing and smelling electrical smoke in the cockpit. The crew requested priority handling and ARFF responded. The aircraft landed and taxiied to the ramp without further incident. Maintenance checked electrical system for burning, nothing was found. Ran engines and APU, pressurized aircraft, and noticed smoke smell and that the left acm pack output was very low. Found acm low on oil and also found evidence of oil on water separator sock which also had a burnt smell. Replaced water separator sock and deferred left acm in accordance with MEL21-LA cat c. reference log page #29687-72, included. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 2, 2001, AT 0550 EST. AIRBORNE EXPRESS FLIGHT #182 LANDED ON RUNWAY 10L AFTER REPORTING SEEING AND SMELLING ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE CREW REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING AND ARFF RESPONDED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CHECKED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR BURNING, NOTHING WAS FOUND. RAN ENGINES AND APU, PRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT, AND NOTICED SMOKE SMELL AND THAT THE LEFT ACM PACK OUTPUT WAS VERY LOW. FOUND ACM LOW ON OIL AND ALSO FOUND EVIDENCE OF OIL ON WATER SEPARATOR SOCK WHICH ALSO HAD A BURNT SMELL. REPLACED WATER SEPARATOR SOCK AND DEFERRED LEFT ACM IN ACCORDANCE WITH MEL21-LA CAT C. REFERENCE LOG PAGE #29687-72, INCLUDED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.