19871230076149I

Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC931 · Richmond, VA · December 30, 1987

Date
December 30, 1987 · 18:13 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N8970E
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
90
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.

Smoke in forward galley. Oven circuit breaker had popped. Oven had overheated.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN FORWARD GALLEY. OVEN CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. OVEN HAD OVERHEATED.