Canadian North B732 at Yellowknife on Apr 21st 2020, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: April 22, 2020 / 20:42:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
5T-228

Destination
Kuglutuk, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GOPW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-200

ICAO Type Designator
B732

A Canadian North Boeing 737-200, registration C-GOPW performing flight 5T-228 from Yellowknife,NT to Kuglutuk,NU (Canada) with 4 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Yellowknife's runway 34 when the crew smelled und subsequently observed smoke on the flight deck and suspected, the smoke was related to the captain's side window heat plug. The crew stopped the climb at about 14,000 feet MSL, worked the related checklists, unpowered the side window's heating and the smoke dissipated. The aircraft returned to Yellowknife for a safe landing on runway 16 about 40 minutes after departure.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance identified a faulty window heater.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 21, 2020

Classification
Incident

Flight number
5T-228

Destination
Kuglutuk, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GOPW

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-200

ICAO Type Designator
B732

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