# Incident 20011216035739I: Boeing 737330, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, December 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N241DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737330
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 78
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 1,040 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011216035739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA AIRLINES (DALA) N241DL, B-737-330, FLT 2160, DFW-ATL; ON DECEMBER 16, 2001, 1605Z, AFTER PUSH BACK FROM GATE AND WITH ENGINES RUNNING, THE CREW DETECTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT WHEN THE THROTTLES WERE ADVANCED TO TAXI. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED CFR EQUIPMENT. ALL AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY SLIDES WERE DEPLOYED AND EMERGENCY EVACUATION INITIATED BY THE CAPTAIN. ALL 76 PASSENGERS AND 5 CREWMEMBERS WERE OFF RAMPED WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF EVACUATION. THREE PASSENGERS REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE RELEASED AFTER LOCAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT. THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE DELTA REPAIR STATION FOR TROUBLESHOOTING. DELTA FOUND THE B SYSTEM HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR MODULE HAD FAILED AND SKYDROL WAS ENTERING THE PNEUMATIC SYSTEM THROUGH THE AIR CYCLING MACHINE PRODUCING SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE MODULE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. SKYDROL CONTAMINATION WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED WITH ENGINES RUNNING AND SYSTEM OPERATION CHECKED OUT NORMAL. THIS INCIDENT WAS COORDINATED WITH THE LOCAL NTSB OFFICE. 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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