39.7357° N, 75.5321° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 8, 1982 · 15:28 local
Place
Wilmington, DE
Airport
Greater Wilmingto
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N151AE
Reported as
Braero HS125700A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total600 in this make and model110 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.
Fire warning in APU compartment. CO2 bottle discharged. Found no evidence of fire. APU placarded inoperative.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE WARNING IN APU COMPARTMENT. CO2 BOTTLE DISCHARGED. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. APU PLACARDED INOPERATIVE.