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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727224 · Houston, TX · February 16, 1998

Date
February 16, 1998 · 21:40 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79746
Reported as
Boeing 727224
People aboard
3
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.

Attendant reported smoke from lavatory. Wiring to flush pump motor shorted caused small fire. Put out by crew.

As the FAA filed it

ATTENDANT REPORTED SMOKE FROM LAVATORY. WIRING TO FLUSH PUMP MOTOR SHORTED CAUSED SMALL FIRE. PUT OUT BY CREW.