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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC871F · Birmingham, AL · August 24, 1990

Date
August 24, 1990 · 12:13 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
IPXA
Aircraft
N818UP
Reported as
Doug DC871F
Reported engine
GE CFM56*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total1,000 in this make and model150 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.

NR3 engine fire light on. Fired fire bottles. Landed safely. No fire. Electrical short in the system.

As the FAA filed it

NR3 ENGINE FIRE LIGHT ON. FIRED FIRE BOTTLES. LANDED SAFELY. NO FIRE. ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE SYSTEM.