- Date
- January 21, 1988, 15:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79PBDassault-Breguet DA-10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880121001069I
- Case key
- 22568
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight experienced in-flight fire resulting from an electrical short in an auxiliary circuit breaker panel installed after aircraft manufacture. The short resulted from the use of a mounting bracket that chafed against the input wires. The flightcrew extinguished the fire but failed to complete the prescribed emergency procedures to isolate the faulty circuits and restore power to other circuits. This resulted in a landing without stabilizer trim, wing flap deployment or brake anti-skid protection. The pilot intentionally swerved the aircraft off the runway pavement to avoid overshooting the 8,800 foot runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79PB
- Reported as
- Dassault-Breguet DA-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47
- Airframe hours
- 2,775
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-2-1C, 3,230 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Heather Hill Sportswear Co Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DAL · Love Field, runway 31L, 8,800 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 60 in this make and model · 7,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.