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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 737201 · Lynchburg, VA · September 26, 1988

Date
September 26, 1988 · 14:28 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAIA
Aircraft
N746N
Reported as
Boeing 737201
People aboard
89
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.

Smoke and hot floor in cabin on takeoff. Returned. Found main duct for NR1 pack had ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE AND HOT FLOOR IN CABIN ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND MAIN DUCT FOR NR1 PACK HAD RUPTURED.