# Incident 19830110002389I: Boeing 727, Houston, TX, January 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1983, 07:43 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296WA-2006-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Reported engine: PWA JT8*
- People aboard: 61
- 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/19830110002389I

## Narrative

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

FIRE WARNING #2 ENGINE. SMOKE IN CABIN. PASSENGERS DEPLANED ON TAXIWAY. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. BROKEN STAGE DUCT.

## Other reports on N296WA (3)

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

- [Incident 20001117022579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001117022579I), Nov 17, 2000: Boeing 727247 (N296WA), Wichita, KS. (-23)Aircraft enroute from cvg-tus diverted to ict due to a fuel transfer problem. No emergency was declared. Aircraft landed without incident. Via radio patch…
- [Incident 19920709027589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920709027589I), Jul 9, 1992: Boeing 727247 (N296WA), Covington - Cin, OH. NR1 main landing gear blew on landing rollout. Tires indicated brakes had locked up.
- [Incident 19890524012749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890524012749I), May 24, 1989: Boeing 727247 (N296WA), Denver, CO, Minor damage. When aircraft pulled forward to remove nose chock 2 pins broke allowing left gear to collapse.

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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