33.5207° N, 86.8025° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 25, 1989 · 12:30 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N80AB
Reported as
Rkwell NA26580
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total1,700 in this make and model150 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 on climb. Returned. Landed safely. Found cooling turbine in the APU section faulty.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND COOLING TURBINE IN THE APU SECTION FAULTY.