ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367785
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| Date: | Friday 27 October 1989 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-322 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N344UA |
| MSN: | 24248/1636 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 324 hours |
| Engine model: | GE CFM56 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Rapid City, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Sioux Falls, SD (KFSD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH FLT LEVEL 280, THE FLT CREW DETECTED AN ODOR AND SOME SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT & HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE ACFT AND REPLACED SEVERAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND THE RECIRCULATING FAN ASSEMBLY. THESE ACTIONS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Probable Cause: THE INFLIGHT FAILURE OF THE RECIRCULATING FAN UNIT AND SEVERAL AIR DUCT TEMPERATURE LIMITING SENSORS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN90IA016
History of this aircraft
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| 7 April 2010 | XA-UNM | Magnicharters | 0 | Mexico City International Airport (MMMX) |  |
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| 26 November 2015 | XA-UNM | Magnicharters | 0 | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 18:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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