19890118023839I

Incident

FAA incident report · Fokker F.27MK 500 · Champaign-Urban, IL · January 18, 1989

Date
January 18, 1989 · 06:30 local
Place
Champaign-Urban, IL
Airport
University Of Illinois-Willar
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWAA
Aircraft
N509AW
Reported as
Fokker F27MK500
People aboard
27
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.

Cockpit filled with smoke while taxiing for departure. Engine shut down. Engine blower intake cover still installed

As the FAA filed it

COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. ENGINE BLOWER INTAKE COVER STILL INSTALLED