# Incident 19860716052469I: Boeing 72725C, Huntington, WV, July 16, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1986, 05:25 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126FE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,407 total, 1,374 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86IA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86IA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860716052469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNSCHEDULED LANDING AFTER SMOKE EMITTED FROM PACKAGE CONTAINING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL86IA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86IA197), Jul 16, 1986: Boeing 727-25C (N126FE), Erlanger, KY, incident, no damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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