37.5538° N, 77.4603° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 19, 1984 · 11:30 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Byrd International
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FAVA
Aircraft
N749LL
Reported as
Braero HS748*
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,800 in this make and model139 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 light and bell sounded. Engine shut down. Fired bottles pulled. Found firewire coupling contaminated.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE WARNING LIGHT AND BELL SOUNDED. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FIRED BOTTLES PULLED. FOUND FIREWIRE COUPLING CONTAMINATED.