# Incident 19880417012339I: Boeing 737217, Cleveland, OH, April 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1988, 19:02 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737217
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D9
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,110 total, 5,410 in this make and model, 154 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88IA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880417012339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL88IA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA147), Apr 17, 1988: Boeing 737-200 (N433PE), Cleveland, OH, incident, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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