40.4406° N, 79.9959° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 17, 1990 · 22:49 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WTAA
Aircraft
NR831
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3101
People aboard
2
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.
Smoke in cabin. Declared emergency and landed. Air cycle machine stuck on full cold. Vapor resembled smoke.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED. AIR CYCLE MACHINE STUCK ON FULL COLD. VAPOR RESEMBLED SMOKE.