# Incident 19880926055049I: Boeing 737201, Lynchburg, VA, September 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1988, 14:28 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N746N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737201
- People aboard: 89
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880926055049I

## Narrative

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

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

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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