- Date
- April 17, 1988, 19:02 local (23:02 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 106 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N433PEBoeing 737-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880417012339I
- Case key
- 7637
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Fire
Passenger compartment light(s) - shortedCause
Acft/equip,inadequate designCause
Passenger compartment light(s) - arcingCause
Electrical system,circuit breaker - not switched
Passenger compartment light(s) - fire
Aircraft
- Registration
- N433PE
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19886
- Airframe hours
- 56,304
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-9, 20,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Continental Airlines Corp., doing business as Texas Int'L Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- People Express Airlines, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 3, 1986
- Departed
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- CLE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLE · Cleveland Int'L Arpt, runway 23L, 8,998 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,110 total · 154 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.