41.0120° N, 83.6686° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FINDLAY (FDY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 21, 1989 · 13:50 local
Place
Findlay, OH
Airport
Findlay
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
PADA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N154PA
Reported as
Cvac 24027
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,600 total2,000 in this make and model111 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.
Smoke in cockpit. Diverted to Findlay. Found burned nesa window heat transformer.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DIVERTED TO FINDLAY. FOUND BURNED NESA WINDOW HEAT TRANSFORMER.