19890417014839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 55LEAR · Las Vegas, NV · April 17, 1989

Date
April 17, 1989 · 12:00 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55VC
Reported as
Lear 55LEAR
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,062 total660 in this make and model120 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 from galley developed into a small fire. Pulled breaker. Used halon. Galley door light wiring had arced.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE FROM GALLEY DEVELOPED INTO A SMALL FIRE. PULLED BREAKER. USED HALON. GALLEY DOOR LIGHT WIRING HAD ARCED.