32.8972° N, 97.0377° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 28, 1988 · 12:20 local
Place
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N376DL
Reported as
Boeing 737247
People aboard
30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,937 total814 in this make and model235 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.
Generator buss off light on. Smoke in cockpit. Pulled breaker then panel when smoke returned. Evacuated panel.
As the FAA filed it
GENERATOR BUSS OFF LIGHT ON. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PULLED BREAKER THEN PANEL WHEN SMOKE RETURNED. EVACUATED PANEL.