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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-251 · Memphis, TN · February 14, 1991

Date
February 14, 1991 · 20:00 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N280US
Reported as
Boeing 727251
People aboard
148
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.

Fumes in aircraft when lights turned on. Emergency landing. Ballast for lights was cause of fumes.

As the FAA filed it

FUMES IN AIRCRAFT WHEN LIGHTS TURNED ON. EMERGENCY LANDING. BALLAST FOR LIGHTS WAS CAUSE OF FUMES.

Other reports on N280US · 3

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