# Incident 20100915046669I: Boeing 717-200, Pittsburgh, PA, September 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2010, 16:52 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh Interational Airpor
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZZDA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 717-200 (registry code 1383700, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-717-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: BMW Rolls BR-700 series (registry code 09500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bmw-rolls-br-700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 717-200
- Reported engine: BMW ROLLS BR 700 SERIES
- People aboard: 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100915046669I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:52 EASTERN TIME, AIRCRAFT N915AT, A BOEING 717-200, CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121, OPERATED BY AIRTRAN AIRWAYS (ZZDA), FLIGHT NUMBER 896, FLYING FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIND) TO THE LAGUARDIA AIRPORT (KLGA), DIVERTED TO PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPIT) AFTER THE AFT FLIGHT ATTENDANT NOTICED AN ODOR OF SMOKE AND FOUND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT'S HANDSET HOT TO THE TOUCH (HANDSET: PART NUMBER: 686-1000-002 MANUFACTURER:TELEPHONICS).  THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) UNITS HAD RESPONDED YET WERE NOT UTILIZED.  THE FLIGHT CREW'S ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS.

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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