19900118005549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Buffalo, NY · January 18, 1990

Date
January 18, 1990 · 07:45 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N817US
Reported as
Doug DC982
People aboard
40
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total2,800 in this make and model110 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.

Electrical arcing and loss of both generator outputs. Cockpit oxygen masks used. Returned and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL ARCING AND LOSS OF BOTH GENERATOR OUTPUTS. COCKPIT OXYGEN MASKS USED. RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY.

Other reports on N817US · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.