33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 22, 1990 · 11:20 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N811EA
Reported as
Boeing 727225
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.
Small fire near coffee maker while taxiing. Leak in water tube shorted out sensor burning tube.
As the FAA filed it
SMALL FIRE NEAR COFFEE MAKER WHILE TAXIING. LEAK IN WATER TUBE SHORTED OUT SENSOR BURNING TUBE.