- Date
- June 11, 1987, 08:34 local (12:34 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 77 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N782NBoeing 737-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870611036759I
- Case key
- 7334
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Flt attendant rpted smoke in cabin and pungent odor which dissipated. After descent for landing was begun smoke and odor returned. Pax informed flt crew of smoke intensity and precautionalry landing was made at divert field. Subsequent exam revealed that the right air conditioning air cycle machine leaked oil into the heat exchanger due to a nicked oil slinger ring. Turbine oil was overheated in the heat exchanger producing smoke.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N782N
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22352
- Airframe hours
- 17,407
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Piedmont Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 11, 1986 · 1,350 hours before
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- DAY · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Intl., runway 10R, 10,701 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,341 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.