41.6834° N, 86.2500° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 2, 1991 · 20:53 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USAA
Aircraft
N584US
Reported as
Boeing 737301
People aboard
77
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,634 total1,545 in this make and model114 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.
Lavatory smoke detectors activated and crew smelled smoke. Smoke ceased when aft circuit breakers pulled.
As the FAA filed it
LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTORS ACTIVATED AND CREW SMELLED SMOKE. SMOKE CEASED WHEN AFT CIRCUIT BREAKERS PULLED.