33.4484° N, 112.0740° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 24, 1983 · 14:20 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Sky Harbor
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FALA
Aircraft
N9804F
Reported as
Doug DC980
People aboard
146
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.
Aircraft experienced an inflight internal oven fire. Oven heat turned off. Found a burned piece of paper in oven.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN INFLIGHT INTERNAL OVEN FIRE. OVEN HEAT TURNED OFF. FOUND A BURNED PIECE OF PAPER IN OVEN.