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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737 2J8 · Las Vegas, NV · August 21, 1987

Date
August 21, 1987 · 21:33 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N235WA
Reported as
Boeing 7372J8
People aboard
91
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Aft lavatory smoke detector activated on approach. Fire bottle discharged and hand bottle put out fire in trash bin

As the FAA filed it

AFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ACTIVATED ON APPROACH. FIRE BOTTLE DISCHARGED AND HAND BOTTLE PUT OUT FIRE IN TRASH BIN

Other reports on N235WA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.