# Incident 19811208086629I: Boeing 737*, Cancun, Mexico, December 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Cancun, Mexico
- Airport: Cancun
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AFLA
- Aircraft: N53AF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737*
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811208086629I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CREW USED OXYGEN WHEN GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL,PN915F212-5, BURNED. RELEASED WITH APU POWERING BUS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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