38.6273° N, 90.1979° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 12, 1988 · 14:10 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWAA
Aircraft
N31011
Reported as
Lkheed 10113851
People aboard
268
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.
Fire in galley oven. Used fire bottle and pulled breakers. Aluminum foil was shorting between cal rods.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN GALLEY OVEN. USED FIRE BOTTLE AND PULLED BREAKERS. ALUMINUM FOIL WAS SHORTING BETWEEN CAL RODS.