# Incident 19810107006639I: Boeing 72723, Syracuse, NY, January 7, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1981, 21:27 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1987, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1987-1998-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- 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/19810107006639I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPLANING PASSENGERS APU WAS NOTED TO BE TORCHING. LOAD VALVE FILTER AND ATOMIZER WERE CHANGED.

## Other reports on N1987 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890628038949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890628038949I), Jun 28, 1989: Boeing 72723 (N1987), San Antonio, TX. NR3 engine lost power on climb. Diverted to San Antonio. Replaced fuel pump.
- [Incident 19780701041899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780701041899I), Jul 1, 1978: Boeing 72723 (N1987), Chicago, IL. Suspected blown tire on landing roll, plate towed in. Found torque arm pin on nose gear disconnected.

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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