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A B757 flight crew experiences electrical burning odor and had radar problems with thunderstorm activity in area. They run the checklist and decide to divert and land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 579649 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200304 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | VI |
| Altitude | msl single value : 21000 |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Rain Thunderstorm |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zsu.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 579649 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 579646 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to alternate flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
During climb out from stt in moderate to heavy rain showers and thunderstorms in area between stt and sju -- we experienced a very strong electrical burning odor passing approximately FL210. First officer accomplished cabin fire/smoke abnormal and odor cleared immediately. Flight attendants had reported same very strong odor and passenger were very concerned until odor dissipated. Also occurring at this time was a difficulty obtaining well defined radar returns due to heavy attenuating returns. Contacted dispatch and decided to divert to sdq account of sju cumulonimbus and questions about our radar. Landed sdq without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 FLT CREW EXPERIENCES ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AND HAD RADAR PROBS WITH TSTM ACTIVITY IN AREA. THEY RUN THE CHKLIST AND DECIDE TO DIVERT AND LAND.
Narrative: DURING CLBOUT FROM STT IN MODERATE TO HVY RAIN SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN AREA BTWN STT AND SJU -- WE EXPERIENCED A VERY STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR PASSING APPROX FL210. FO ACCOMPLISHED CABIN FIRE/SMOKE ABNORMAL AND ODOR CLRED IMMEDIATELY. FLT ATTENDANTS HAD RPTED SAME VERY STRONG ODOR AND PAX WERE VERY CONCERNED UNTIL ODOR DISSIPATED. ALSO OCCURRING AT THIS TIME WAS A DIFFICULTY OBTAINING WELL DEFINED RADAR RETURNS DUE TO HVY ATTENUATING RETURNS. CONTACTED DISPATCH AND DECIDED TO DIVERT TO SDQ ACCOUNT OF SJU CUMULONIMBUS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR RADAR. LANDED SDQ WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.