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Incident

FAA incident report · Fokker F.28 MK 0100 · Pittsburgh, PA · March 9, 1991

Date
March 9, 1991 · 15:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N856US
Reported as
Fokker F28MK0100
People aboard
44
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.

Left lavatory smoke detector went off. Declared emergency and returned. Left lavatory water heater overheated.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED. LEFT LAVATORY WATER HEATER OVERHEATED.

Other reports on N856US · 1

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