# Incident 20250416003649I: Airbus A321-211, Des Moines, IA, April 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2025, 15:45 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines Intern'L Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: 6CDF
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FJQL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321-211
- People aboard: 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250416003649I

## Narrative

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

DURING EN ROUTE:CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT, FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED VIBRATION FOR SOME TIME UNDER THE FLOOR OF THE FLIGHT DECK. APPROXIMATELY ABEAM KDSM, THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE ODOUR OF ELECTRICAL BURNING. THERE WAS NO SMOKE OBSERVED. FLIGHT CREW IMMEDIATELY DECLARED PAN PAN, REQUESTED DESCENT TO 10,000FT AND DIVERSION TO KDSM. DURING DESCENT AVIONICS VENT BLOWER EXTRACT ECAM WAS RECEIVED AND ACTIONED BY THE FLIGHT CREW. THE FLIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED FULL-STOP KDSM RWY 13 WITH ARFF ON STANDBY WHO CARRIED OUT EXTERNAL GVI WITH NO ABNORMALITIES IDENTIFIED. THE FLIGHT

SUBSEQUENTLY TAXIED TO THE GATE UNDER ITS OWN POWER WHERE IT WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE A DEFECT WAS ENTERED IN THE AIRCRAFT JOURNEYMLOG IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY

POLICY AND PROCEDURE. MAINTENANCEMINSPECTION IS ON GOING.

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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