39.7173° N, 86.2946° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 3, 1988 · 07:50 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
NR702
Reported as
Doug DC931
People aboard
22
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total1,000 in this make and model120 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.
Smoke in cabin from galley light. Shut off electrics to galley and smoke subsided. Light bulb had melted the lens.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN FROM GALLEY LIGHT. SHUT OFF ELECTRICS TO GALLEY AND SMOKE SUBSIDED. LIGHT BULB HAD MELTED THE LENS.