# Incident 19880928062149I: Boeing 737247, Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, September 28, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1988, 12:20 local time
- Place: Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737247
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,937 total, 814 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880928062149I

## Narrative

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

GENERATOR BUSS OFF LIGHT ON. SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PULLED BREAKER THEN PANEL WHEN SMOKE RETURNED. EVACUATED PANEL.

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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