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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-232 · Portland, OR · September 19, 1989

Date
September 19, 1989 · 14:45 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
Portland International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N648DL
Reported as
Boeing 757232
People aboard
2
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 crew smelled smoke. Had smoke alarm in lavatory. Found no fire or smoke. Returned to Portland.

As the FAA filed it

COCKPIT CREW SMELLED SMOKE. HAD SMOKE ALARM IN LAVATORY. FOUND NO FIRE OR SMOKE. RETURNED TO PORTLAND.