# Incident 20040305003079I: Boeing 717200, Atlanta, GA, March 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2004, 15:39 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N978AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N978AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce BR-700 series (registry code 54565, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717200
- People aboard: 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 1,175 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04IA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04IA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305003079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 05, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1539 LOCAL TIME, AIRTRAN AIRWAYS FLIGHT 852 ATLANTA TO MINNEAPOLIS, DID AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION ON RUNWAY 9 RIGHT AT ATLANTA HARTSFIELD AIRPORT. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT DURING TAKEOFF AND INITIAL CLIMB FROM ATLANTA, THE LEFT GENERATOR WENT OFF LINE FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF ALL ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT SYSTEM DISPLAY UNITS (DU'S) AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. THE LEAD FLIGHT ATTENDANT UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH THE CABIN INTERPHONE, BEGAN BANGING ON COCKPIT DOOR, YELLING THAT SMOKE WAS IN THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT DECK CREW REPORTED SMELLING AN ODOR SIMILAR TO ELECTRICAL SMOKE, HOWEVER NO SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT, L-2 FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM TAILCONE AREA OR AFT LAV'S. AFTER EMERGENCY POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS WERE REESTABLISHED, FLIGHT 852 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON RWY 9R EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT USING FORWARD AND OVERWING EXITS. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE EVACUATED INCLUDING 116 REVENUE PASSENGERS, 2 LAP CHILDREN, AND 5 CREWMEMBERS. DURING THE EVACUATION ONE MINOR INJURY, A SCRAPED KNEE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL04IA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04IA085), Mar 5, 2004: Boeing 717-200 (N978AT), Atlanta, GA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the tantalum capacitor and the permanent magnet generator input transformer which resulted in total electrical system failure.

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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