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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC932 · Atlanta, GA · May 24, 1990

Date
May 24, 1990 · 09:35 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N543NY
Reported as
Doug DC932
People aboard
63
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,990 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.

APU fuel line leaking. Suspect fuel splashed onto hot exhaust causing smoke to be sucked into cabin.

As the FAA filed it

APU FUEL LINE LEAKING. SUSPECT FUEL SPLASHED ONTO HOT EXHAUST CAUSING SMOKE TO BE SUCKED INTO CABIN.