19800627056329I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-232 · Houston, TX · June 27, 1980

Date
June 27, 1980 · 22:18 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Aircraft
N497DA
Reported as
Boeing 727232
People aboard
58
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.

Refueling truck caught fire after refueling this aircraft. Passengers deplaned, flight departed another gate.

As the FAA filed it

REFUELING TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE AFTER REFUELING THIS AIRCRAFT. PASSENGERS DEPLANED, FLIGHT DEPARTED ANOTHER GATE.