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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727223 · Toronto, CN · November 9, 1979

Date
November 9, 1979 · 12:40 local
Place
Toronto, CN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Aircraft
N809
Reported as
Boeing 727223
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.

After landing, short circuit developed at overhead control panel between wing strobe and navigation light wiring.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING, SHORT CIRCUIT DEVELOPED AT OVERHEAD CONTROL PANEL BETWEEN WING STROBE AND NAVIGATION LIGHT WIRING.