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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-22C · Indianapolis, IN · February 14, 2003

Date
February 14, 2003 · 05:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Aircraft
N107FE
Reported as
Boeing 72722C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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) After gear retraction crew became aware of an acrid odor which intensified. Smelled like burning rubber of smoldering wire bundle. The crew went on oxygen and returned to ind. An emergency was declared. Maintenance personnel found the left water separator sock too dirty and smelled of de-ice fluid. The carrier is required to submit a SDR.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER GEAR RETRACTION CREW BECAME AWARE OF AN ACRID ODOR WHICH INTENSIFIED. SMELLED LIKE BURNING RUBBER OF SMOLDERING WIRE BUNDLE. THE CREW WENT ON OXYGEN AND RETURNED TO IND. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE LEFT WATER SEPARATOR SOCK TOO DIRTY AND SMELLED OF DE-ICE FLUID. THE CARRIER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A SDR.

Other reports on N107FE · 4

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.