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.
NR1 engine tail pipe fire on engine start up. Passenger opened excape hatch. Fire extinguished. Wind into tail pipe
As the FAA filed it
NR1 ENGINE TAIL PIPE FIRE ON ENGINE START UP. PASSENGER OPENED EXCAPE HATCH. FIRE EXTINGUISHED. WIND INTO TAIL PIPE
Other reports on N649DL · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.