19891014059489I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-31 · Pomona, NJ · October 14, 1989

Date
October 14, 1989
Place
Pomona, NJ
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EISA
Aircraft
N230NE
Reported as
Boeing 72731
People aboard
3
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.

Passenger smoked in lavatory and set off smoke alarm. Passenger had been briefed that it was a non smoking flight.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER SMOKED IN LAVATORY AND SET OFF SMOKE ALARM. PASSENGER HAD BEEN BRIEFED THAT IT WAS A NON SMOKING FLIGHT.