# Accident 19830602075759A: Doug DC932, Covington, KY, June 2, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1983, 19:30 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Gearter Cincinnat
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFTLU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D17
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 23
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 4,939 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830602075759A

## Narrative

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

FIRE STARTED FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE IN AFT LAVATORY. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE AND AIRCRAFT BURNED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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