19870101006189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bac 111419EP · Grand Rapids, MI · January 1, 1987

Date
January 1, 1987 · 15:30 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent County International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N524AC
Reported as
Bac 111419EP
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce SPEY51114
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,101 in this make and model100 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.

APU caught fire in flight, landed safely. Cause under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

APU CAUGHT FIRE IN FLIGHT, LANDED SAFELY. CAUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION.