31.3949° N, 92.2958° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ESLER RGNL (ESF), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 16, 1989 · 22:00 local
Place
Alexandria, LA
Airport
Esler Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PRIA
Aircraft
N158NE
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,100 total160 in this make and model220 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 cabin. Deployed masks and landed. Found shorted cockpit ventilation blower motor.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN. DEPLOYED MASKS AND LANDED. FOUND SHORTED COCKPIT VENTILATION BLOWER MOTOR.