40.7608° N, 111.8910° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 15, 1980 · 16:45 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9NP
Reported as
Rkwell NA26560
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total1,200 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.
Loose connection in circuit breaker bus strip caused sufficient heat to ignite insulating pad.
As the FAA filed it
LOOSE CONNECTION IN CIRCUIT BREAKER BUS STRIP CAUSED SUFFICIENT HEAT TO IGNITE INSULATING PAD.