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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Israel 1124A · Iowa City, IA · September 2, 1980

Date
September 2, 1980 · 20:40 local
Place
Iowa City, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1124P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC80FA051
Reported as
Israel 1124A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total700 in this make and model150 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.

Electrical inflight fire. Coffee unit shorted out wires. Made emergency downwind overshoot landing. Systems check ok.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL INFLIGHT FIRE. COFFEE UNIT SHORTED OUT WIRES.MADE EMERGENCY DOWNWIND OVERSHOOT LANDING.SYSTEMS CHECK OK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.