42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 9, 1986 · 08:48 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N355AU
Reported as
Boeing 7373B7
People aboard
56
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total1,000 in this make and model150 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.
At cruise the right pack and then left tripped, outflow full open. Descended. M990 card and R320 relay replaced.
As the FAA filed it
AT CRUISE THE RIGHT PACK AND THEN LEFT TRIPPED, OUTFLOW FULL OPEN. DESCENDED. M990 CARD AND R320 RELAY REPLACED.