19840627039019I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-130 · Portland, ME · June 27, 1984

Date
June 27, 1984 · 23:34 local
Place
Portland, ME
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PEXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N417PE
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC84IA225
Reported as
Boeing 737130
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9
People aboard
119
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total820 in this make and model149 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.

Cockpit had electrical smoke due to failure of capacitor in generator control unit. Antiskid inoperative, tires blew

As the FAA filed it

COCKPIT HAD ELECTRICAL SMOKE DUE TO FAILURE OF CAPACITOR IN GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT.ANTISKID INOPERATIVE, TIRES BLEW

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.