# NTSB ATL88IA147: Boeing 737-200, N433PE, Cleveland, OH, April 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1988, 19:02 local (23:02 UTC)
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 106 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88IA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88IA147

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - passenger compartment light(s) - shorted (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate design, manufacturer (cause)
  - passenger compartment light(s) - arcing (cause)
  - electrical system,circuit breaker - not switched
  - passenger compartment light(s) - fire

## Aircraft

- Registration: N433PE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19886
- Airframe hours: 56304
- Engines: P&W JT8D-9 20000 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.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880417012339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880417012339I), Apr 17, 1988: Boeing 737217, Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Fire erupted in ceiling above overrhead baggage compartment but did not propagate. Electrical ballast shorted out.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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