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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737522 · Indianapolis, IN · December 14, 2003

Date: December 14, 2003 · 17:02 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UALA
Aircraft: N944UA
Reported as: Boeing 737522
People aboard: 83
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) Ual 1521 reported a mechanical problem 20 miles south west of terre haute, Indiana. At 2245Z, the crew requested an emergency landing at Indianapolis International Airport. At 2246Z, the crew reported smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed at Indianapolis International Airport at 2302Z without no incidents. Maintenance personnel inspected the e&e compartment and found the static inverter extremely hot and emanating a strong electrical burn. Maintenance replaced the component with a serviceable static inverter. The NTSB has requested an examination of the static inverter due to a series of issues with static inverters fault protection. The aircraft was released on 12/15/2003.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UAL 1521 REPORTED A MECHANICAL PROBLEM 20 MILES SOUTH WEST OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. AT 2245Z, THE CREW REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AT 2246Z, THE CREW REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 2302Z WITHOUT NO INCIDENTS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE E&E COMPARTMENT AND FOUND THE STATIC INVERTER EXTREMELY HOT AND EMANATING A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURN. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE COMPONENT WITH A SERVICEABLE STATIC INVERTER. THE NTSB HAS REQUESTED AN EXAMINATION OF THE STATIC INVERTER DUE TO A SERIES OF ISSUES WITH STATIC INVERTERS FAULT PROTECTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED ON 12/15/2003.