# Incident 19800329042979I: Boeing 72722, Ft Wayne, IN, March 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1980, 11:33 local time
- Place: Ft Wayne, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7072U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72722
- People aboard: 96
- 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/19800329042979I

## Narrative

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

CREW DETECTED THUMP, VIBRATION, THEN FUEL SMELL. THE APU HAD EXPLODED. FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED.

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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