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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737291 · Lincoln, NE · March 7, 1988

Date
March 7, 1988 · 13:15 local
Place
Lincoln, NE
Airport
Lincoln Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Aircraft
N994UA
Reported as
Boeing 737291
People aboard
68
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total1,800 in this make and model180 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.

Fire warning light came on. Fire bottles used. Engine shut down. Found a short in the fire detector circuit.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. FIRE BOTTLES USED. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FOUND A SHORT IN THE FIRE DETECTOR CIRCUIT.