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.
(-5) On October 29, 1998, the crew of a vanguard airlines Boeing 737 made an emergency landing at Quad citiies airport due to smoke in the cockpit. Preliminary information indicated that the captain noticed a faint electrical odor that quickly developed into a gray/white smoke coming from the cockpit aft overhear area. After donning oxygen masks and goggles the crew coordinated with air traffic control for vectors to the nearest suitable airport. Crash fire and rescue were standing by for an uneventful emergency landing. Mechanics at the Quad city airport found that the ballast for forward galley light had failed. After the circuit breaker was pulled and collard the aircraft continued to Kansas city, (mci) as scheduled.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) ON OCTOBER 29, 1998, THE CREW OF A VANGUARD AIRLINES BOEING 737 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT QUAD CITIIES AIRPORT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE CAPTAIN NOTICED A FAINT ELECTRICAL ODOR THAT QUICKLY DEVELOPED INTO A GRAY/WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE COCKPIT AFT OVERHEAR AREA. AFTER DONNING OXYGEN MASKS AND GOGGLES THE CREW COORDINATED WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT. CRASH FIRE AND RESCUE WERE STANDING BY FOR AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING. MECHANICS AT THE QUAD CITY AIRPORT FOUND THAT THE BALLAST FOR FORWARD GALLEY LIGHT HAD FAILED. AFTER THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND COLLARD THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO KANSAS CITY, (MCI) AS SCHEDULED.
Other reports on N603DJ · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.