# Incident 19780427013939I: Boeing 727, Windsor Locks, CT, April 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1978, 13:14 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AAL
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1976, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1976-1997-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780427013939I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXPLOSION IN PU BEFORE PASSENGER LOADING WHILE AT GATE. NO FIRE BUT EXTERNAL FAILURE OF UNIT.

## Other reports on N1976 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820108003299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820108003299I), Jan 8, 1982: Boeing 72723 (N1976), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Sand truck struck left wing while airplane stopped on taxiway, waiting for clearance to gate. Leading edge slat.
- [Incident 19810617039779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810617039779I), Jun 17, 1981: Boeing 72723 (N1976), St Louis, MO. Baggage fire in flight. Found package with 24 volt battery pack which may have shorted. No aircraft damage.
- [Incident 19800519053269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800519053269I), May 19, 1980: Boeing 72723 (N1976), Dallas, TX. Fire warning came on after takeoff, engine shut down, fire bottle discharged. Found starter air leak.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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