19861118073239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm G-159 · Houston, TX · November 18, 1986

Date
November 18, 1986 · 16:40 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RAYA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N722RA
Reported as
Gulstm G159
People aboard
18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 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.

Small flame extinguished after snapon connector on cabin lighting panel overheated and shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

SMALL FLAME EXTINGUISHED AFTER SNAPON CONNECTOR ON CABIN LIGHTING PANEL OVERHEATED AND SHORTED OUT.