# Incident 19910510019459I: Doug DC932, Covington - Cin, OH, May 10, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1991, 13:55 local time
- Place: Covington - Cin, OH
- Airport: Greater Cincinnati International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.1170° N, 84.3507° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1170&lon=-84.3507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1279L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1279L-1993-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-32 (registry code 3022066, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC932
- People aboard: 94
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910510019459I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. LANDED SAFELY. SMOKE SOURCE WAS A SHORTED LEFT WING LANDING LIGHT SWITCH.

## Other reports on N1279L (2)

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

- [Incident 19810830060469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810830060469I), Aug 30, 1981: Doug DC932 (N1279L), Indianapolis, IN. Aircraft landed with nose gear indicator light out. Replaced switch and harness.
- [Incident 19790130004889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790130004889I), Jan 30, 1979: Doug DC932 (N1279L), St Louis, MO. Pilot missed taxiway in turn off runway during snowfall.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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