- Date
- January 18, 1988, 18:15 local (Jan 19, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waterloo, IA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N421MQAerospatiale ATR-42
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13984
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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
Fluid,fuel - leakCause
Ignition system,ignition harness - improperCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N421MQ
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale ATR-42
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14
- Airframe hours
- 3,130
- Engine
- P&W PW-120, 1,800 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Simmons Airlines
- Registered owner
- Simmons Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ALO
- Destination
- CID · Cedar Rapids, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
N421MQRegistration cancelled Jun 11, 1998 · Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300Airframe modelAerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,086 total · 1,010 in this make and model · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N421MQ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.