34.8292° N, 77.6121° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT J ELLIS (OAJ), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 21, 1988 · 23:00 local
Place
Jacksonville, NC
Airport
Albert J Ellis
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N290N
Reported as
Fokker F28MK1000
People aboard
15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,213 total4,235 in this make and model
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.
Controller incorrectly changed flights destination from ilm to oaj and vectored it to oaj. Pilots failed to notice.
As the FAA filed it
CONTROLLER INCORRECTLY CHANGED FLIGHTS DESTINATION FROM ILM TO OAJ AND VECTORED IT TO OAJ. PILOTS FAILED TO NOTICE.