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FAA incident report · Boeing B-767-300 · San Juan, PR · November 9, 2024

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Date
November 9, 2024 · 19:48 local
Place
San Juan, PR
Airport
Luis Munoz Marin International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
ARNF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
C-FXCA
Reported as
Boeing B-767-300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After passing the faf for the ILS 10, smoke started to enter the flight deck

• Both pilots donned their oxygen masks and declared an emergency (mayday, mayday)

• Upon coming to a stop on a parallel taxiway, the pilots completed the evacuation checklist

• The first officer exited the flight deck through the window

• The captain opened the L1 door and waited for the fire department to bring a ladder to it

• The first officer landed in a puddle of hydraulic fluid

Post flight maintenance inspection

• Local maintenance identified a pin hole leak in hydraulic pressure supply to nose landing gear inside the forward fuselage electronic & equipment bay.

• The pin hole resulted in vaporized hydraulic fluid spraying into e&e bay directly under the captain seat area and contaminating flight deck.

• E/e bay is heavily contaminated with hydraulic fluid, and there is also some fluid on the flight deck floor.

This aircraft flew back to yvr from sju on nov 16th, 2024.

privacy data omittedMaintenance is satisfied that they have identified the root cause of the smoke event.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER PASSING THE FAF FOR THE ILS 10, SMOKE STARTED TO ENTER THE FLIGHT DECK

• BOTH PILOTS DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY (MAYDAY, MAYDAY)

• UPON COMING TO A STOP ON A PARALLEL TAXIWAY, THE PILOTS COMPLETED THE EVACUATION CHECKLIST

• THE FIRST OFFICER EXITED THE FLIGHT DECK THROUGH THE WINDOW

• THE CAPTAIN OPENED THE L1 DOOR AND WAITED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BRING A LADDER TO IT

• THE FIRST OFFICER LANDED IN A PUDDLE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID

POST FLIGHT MAINTENANCE INSPECTION

• LOCAL MAINTENANCE IDENTIFIED A PIN HOLE LEAK IN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SUPPLY TO NOSE LANDING GEAR INSIDE THE FORWARD FUSELAGE ELECTRONIC & EQUIPMENT BAY.

• THE PIN HOLE RESULTED IN VAPORIZED HYDRAULIC FLUID SPRAYING INTO E&E BAY DIRECTLY UNDER THE CAPTAIN SEAT AREA AND CONTAMINATING FLIGHT DECK.

• E/E BAY IS HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID, AND THERE IS ALSO SOME FLUID ON THE FLIGHT DECK FLOOR.

THIS AIRCRAFT FLEW BACK TO YVR FROM SJU ON NOV 16TH, 2024.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MAINTENANCE IS SATISFIED THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE SMOKE EVENT.