# Incident 19810624043129I: Boeing 727, Settle, WA, June 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: Settle, WA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REPA
- Aircraft: N712 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 103
- 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/19810624043129I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PARKED AT GATE MAINTENANCE ADVISED FIRE WAS COMING OUT OF APU EXHAUST. FIRE WAS PUT OUT. APU PLACARDED.

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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