42.3314° N, 83.0458° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 9, 1979 · 22:30 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AAL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6825
Reported as
Boeing 727223
People aboard
134
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Fire in wheel well while airplane was at the gate. Air flow multiplier leaking oil.
As the FAA filed it
FIRE IN WHEEL WELL WHILE AIRPLANE WAS AT THE GATE. AIR FLOW MULTIPLIER LEAKING OIL.