33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 14, 1988 · 19:20 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8942E
Reported as
Doug DC931
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
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.
Electrical short while parked at gate caused fire in fuselage near pressure bulkhead. Fire extinguished.
As the FAA filed it
ELECTRICAL SHORT WHILE PARKED AT GATE CAUSED FIRE IN FUSELAGE NEAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD. FIRE EXTINGUISHED.