# Incident 19830204009469I: Boeing 727227, Chicago, IL, February 4, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1983, 12:23 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717AA-2002-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-227 (registry code 1384078, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727227
- People aboard: 95
- 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/19830204009469I

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING F/E ATTEMPTED TO START APU. APU TORCHED. FIRE WAS SHOUTED. PASSENGER PANICKED AND OPENED LEFT EXIT.

## Other reports on N717AA (2)

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

- [Incident 19910411016839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910411016839I), Apr 11, 1991: Boeing 727222 (N717AA), Covington - Cin, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft wing tip scraped the runup area blast fence while making a turn into the runup area.
- [Incident 19840410015219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840410015219I), Apr 10, 1984: Boeing 727227 (N717AA), Kansas City, MO. Aircraft departed ramp on power back operation. Signal man indicated forward thrust to stop. Not enough thrust used

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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