# Incident 20030427008819I: Airbus A319132, St Louis, MO, April 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2003, 13:32 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AWXA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N828AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-132 (registry code 3930340, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319132
- Reported engine: IAE V2524A5
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030427008819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STL-DIVERSION-FLT 0044-EN ROUTE FROM PHX TO DCA AT FL 370 A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD COMING FROM NR 1 ENGINE, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A CLOGGED OIL MESSAGE, ALL OTHER PARAMETERS NORMAL. CREW CONTACTED MOC AND WERE TOLD TO MONITOR ENGINE. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER TWO MORE BANGS WERE HEARD COMING FROM LT ENGINE, THIS TIME FOLLOWED BY AVIONICS AND CARGO SMOKE INDICATIONS. COCKPIT AND CABIN FILLED WITH DENSE SMOKE, MASKS DEPLOYED, CREW AND CABIN WENT ON OXYGEN. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND PREPARED TO DIVERT TO STL, RECEIVED NT 1 ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND SHUTDOWN ENGINE. AT FL 150 SMOKE BEGAN TO DISSIPATE, AND AT FL 100 CREW WAS ABLE TO COME OFF OXYGEN, LANDED AT STL WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LEFT ENGINE.

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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