19851020059359I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 7372B7 · Newark, NJ · October 20, 1985

Date
October 20, 1985 · 15:30 local
Place
Newark, NJ
Airport
Newark International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N318AU
Reported as
Boeing 7372B7
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.

Flight attendant touched aft galley work light while washing hands and got shocked. No lens cover on light.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT ATTENDANT TOUCHED AFT GALLEY WORK LIGHT WHILE WASHING HANDS AND GOT SHOCKED. NO LENS COVER ON LIGHT.