40.2759° N, 76.8850° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisburg, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 1, 1978 · 09:58 local
Place
Harrisburg, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
N1059
Reported as
Doug DC9
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Unscheduled landing due to an oven skoking. Found shorted timer.
As the FAA filed it
UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO AN OVEN SKOKING. FOUND SHORTED TIMER.