37.0603° N, 88.7730° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BARKLEY RGNL (PAH), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 12, 1983 · 09:07 local
Place
Paducah, KY
Airport
Barkley Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N1646
Reported as
Boeing 727295
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard
80
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,580 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.
Smoke in cabin. Made emergency descent. Found left air conditioning pack overheated.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN. MADE EMERGENCY DESCENT. FOUND LEFT AIR CONDITIONING PACK OVERHEATED.