# Incident 19831006067329I: Boeing 72723, Dallas, TX, October 6, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1983, 20:30 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.8972° N, 97.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTL (DFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8972&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1972, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1972-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-23 (registry code 1384004, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72723
- People aboard: 67
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84IA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831006067329I

## Narrative

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

DRAGGING BRAKE WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. BRAKE FIRE OCCURRED. CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW84IA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA007), Oct 6, 1983: Boeing B727-023 (N1972), Dfw Airport, TX, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N1972 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810302013529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810302013529I), Mar 2, 1981: Boeing 72723 (N1972), Chicago, IL. Returned when flaps would not retract past 5 degree position. Found boot failed on toggle assembly.

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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