- Date
- August 26, 1992, 20:10 local (Aug 27, 1992, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 92 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N206AUBoeing 737-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33123
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Probable cause
Failure (short) of a diode located inside a transformer which is located in the no. 1 generator control unit.
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
While awaiting takeoff clearance, the capt stated that he observed a flash of light & smelled smoke. He initiated the pax evacuation checklist & all pax evacuated the acft. Exam of the acft by company maint personnel revealed that the no. 1 generator control unit (gcu) located behind the first officer's seat experienced internal failure. The gcu was removed for further examination. Exam of the unit revealed that a diode located inside a transformer was shorted, which overheated the transformer & produced the smoke. According to Boeing, there have been 12 similar occurrences.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N206AU
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19422
- Airframe hours
- 58,399
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9A, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Carnival Airlines
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 10, 1992 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- MIA
- Destination
- MYNN · Nassau, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami International
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 1 nm away