Accident · 1991-09-28

NTSB case NYC91LA247 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1991-09-28
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-82 (N819NY)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC.

Probable cause

THE MALFUNCTION OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN THE COCKPIT, WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE AND THE SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE PASSENGERS FROM THE AIRPLANE.

Source: NTSB case NYC91LA247

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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