# Incident 20030502014739I: Boeing 73735B, Tampa, FL, May 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 27.9755° N, 82.5332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAMPA INTL (TPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9755&lon=-82.5332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224DA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 73735B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030502014739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) P/R - "WHILE FLYING LEVEL AT F3500, M.74 PERFORMING AN FCF FLIGHT, THE R-1 WINDSHIELD TERMINAL BLOCK AREA (UPPER RIGHT HAND WINDSHIELD CORNER) BEGAN TO SPARK AND SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SMOKE BEGAN TO EMANATE FROM THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF R1 WINDSHIELD. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, FLAMES BEGAN TO APPEAR WHICH LASTED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. EMERGENCY CHECKLISTS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AND AN EMERGENCY RETURN TO KTPA WAS IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED. DURING DESCENT, THE FIRE AND SMOKE SUBSIDED." THE AIRCRAFT LANDED TPA WITHOUT INCIDENT. C/A - TPA DALA MTC. REPLACED THE R-1 WINDSHIELD, THE HEAT CONTROLLER AND THE HEAT CTL. C-226 AND A/I C-394 C/BS. - ALSO RPLCD L-1 WINDSHIELD AS PRECAUTIONARY ACTION. A CHECK OF THE CIRCUIT WIRING WAS OK. AN ON SITE INSPECTION BY THIS INSPECTOR NOTED THAT THE W/S TERMINAL STRIP WAS CHARRED WITH IT'S WIRES STILL INTACT & NO APPARENT DAMAGE. THE CREW STATED THAT THE F/O WAS SHOWERED BY SPARKS. JOHN BAKER, A DALA INSPECTOR WAS RIDING THE JUMP SEAT TO OBSERVE THE FLIGHT CHECK. HE & THE CREW IMMEDIATELY DONNED O2 MASKS - NO R-1 OVHT.LT & GREEN PWR LT. WAS OFF, WITH SW. ON. THE PWR. SW. WAS NOT TURNED OFF AND NO C/BS WERE POPPED OR PULLED.

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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