# Incident 19881220068219I: Lkheed 188C, St Louis, MO, December 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1988, 11:34 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ZIAA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N282F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N282F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 188C (registry code 5262604, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 501-D13 series (registry code 03004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-501-d13-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 188C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881220068219I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND SPARKS ABOVE COPILOT WINDSHIELD. TURNED OFF HEAT. RETURNED. SHORT IN UPPER INBOARD POWER TERMINAL.

## Other reports on N282F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820126005369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820126005369I), Jan 26, 1982: Lkheed 188LKHEED* (N282F), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. Aircraft ran off side of runway on landing. Light snow and bright approach lights obscured runway. Hit snowbank.

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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