19830829053469I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC-9-31 · Pittsburgh, PA · August 29, 1983

Date
August 29, 1983 · 21:15 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N967VJ
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
3
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.

Smoke in cabin while loading. Passengers deplaned. A stuck wall switch in the aft lavatory overheated flush motor.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN WHILE LOADING. PASSENGERS DEPLANED. A STUCK WALL SWITCH IN THE AFT LAVATORY OVERHEATED FLUSH MOTOR.

Other reports on N967VJ · 9

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.