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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737217 · Cleveland, OH · April 17, 1988

Date
April 17, 1988 · 19:02 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N433PE
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88IA147
Reported as
Boeing 737217
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D9
People aboard
106
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,110 total5,410 in this make and model154 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 erupted in ceiling above overrhead baggage compartment but did not propagate. Electrical ballast shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE ERUPTED IN CEILING ABOVE OVERRHEAD BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT BUT DID NOT PROPAGATE. ELECTRICAL BALLAST SHORTED OUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.