# Incident 20061003021699I: Boeing 7372K5, Roanoke, VA, October 3, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2006, 22:28 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PIDA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N249TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N249TR-2012-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2K5 (registry code 138448X, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2k5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372K5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061003021699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND OBSERVED NO FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CREW NOTED THE GASPER FAN WAS INOPERATIVE AND FOUND TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N249TR (1)

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

- [Incident 20090916018559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090916018559I), Sep 16, 2009: Boeing 7372K5 (N249TR), Merced, CA, No damage. The aircraft was en-route from salem, NC to Castle Airport, Merced CA. Upon arrival at Castle Airport, the aircraft landed next to the temporary runway on an…

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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