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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC982 · Chicago, IL · May 6, 1990

Date
May 6, 1990 · 20:45 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N297AA
Reported as
Doug DC982
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
983 in this make and model

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 from towel bin in lavatory. Used halon extinguisher. No reason for smoke found.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE FROM TOWEL BIN IN LAVATORY. USED HALON EXTINGUISHER. NO REASON FOR SMOKE FOUND.

Other reports on N297AA · 4

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