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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-222 · Long Beach, CA · May 7, 1988

Date
May 7, 1988 · 07:45 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAAA
Aircraft
N64AF
Reported as
Boeing 737222
People aboard
37
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Central air data computer overheated. Caused smoke and odor in cabin. Diverted to Long Beach and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

CENTRAL AIR DATA COMPUTER OVERHEATED. CAUSED SMOKE AND ODOR IN CABIN. DIVERTED TO LONG BEACH AND LANDED SAFELY.